Attorneys awarded $146.8M in fees after verdict against Google
A federal judge in California awarded plaintiffs attorneys $146.8 million in fees Friday after they won a $425 million jury verdict against Google in a privacy class action lawsuit. (Image from Shutterstock)
A federal judge in California awarded plaintiffs attorneys $146.8 million in fees Friday after they won a $425 million jury verdict against Google in a privacy class action lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California admitted that the fee was unusually large but said he found that the attorneys, including well-known advocate David Boies of Boies Schiller Flexner, took on a risky case and performed in an “exemplary” way.
“This request is, without question, extraordinary, but it is warranted by the extraordinary nature of the case, as well as by the exemplary performance of counsel,” Seeborg said in his order. “Plaintiffs’ counsel undertook a great deal of risk in bringing this case on contingency, and they ably navigated the many hazards between filing the complaint and obtaining a favorable judgment.”
The litigation centered on users’ claims that Google unlawfully saved and used information about consumers’ activities on third-party apps, despite their having opted out of tracking, according to a story by Law360.
The users are represented by lawyers from Boies Schiller Flexner, Susman Godfrey and Morgan & Morgan.
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