ATTORNEY FEE/LITIGATION COST AND CLASS REPRESENTATIVE AWARDS Clause Samples
ATTORNEY FEE/LITIGATION COST AND CLASS REPRESENTATIVE AWARDS. The Court will determine the amount of attorneys’ fees and litigation costs to award to Plaintiffs’ Counsel from the Settlement Amount for investigating the facts and law in the Action, litigating the Action, and negotiating the proposed Settlement of the Action (the “Attorney Fee/Litigation Cost Award”). Plaintiffs’ Counsel will ask the Court to award them attorneys’ fees from the Settlement Amount in an amount up to $2,000,000 of the Settlement Amount, plus litigation costs incurred in connection with the Action not to exceed $37,059.65. Plaintiffs’ Counsel will make their request for an Attorney Fee/Litigation Cost Award in a motion to be filed with the Court on or before . Copies of that motion will be available from this website, Class Counsel or from the Court after that date, as set forth in Section X below. Plaintiffs’ Counsel will also ask the Court to award Plaintiff, as representative of the Class, an amount of up to $10,000.00 from the Settlement Amount for her service in the Action (“Class Representative Award”). Plaintiffs’ Counsel will make the request for a Class Representative Award in a motion to be filed with the Court on or before . Copies of that motion will be available from this website, Class Counsel or from the Court after that date, as set forth in Section X below. Any Attorney Fee/Litigation Cost Award or Class Representative Award will be paid by Defendants exclusively from (and not in addition to) the Settlement Amount.
