In re Iowa Ready-Mix Concrete Antitrust Litig.

4 Citing cases

  1. Barfield v. Sho-Me Power Elec. Cooperative

    Case No. 2:11-cv-4321NKL (W.D. Mo. Jun. 1, 2015)   Cited 1 times

    See In re Xcel Energy, Inc., 364 F. Supp. 2d at 998 (compiling cases by percentage and stating "courts in this circuit and this district have frequently awarded attorney fees between twenty-five and thirty-six percent of a common fund in other class actions"); see, e.g., In re U.S. Bancorp Litig., 291 F.3d 1035, 1038 (8th Cir. 2002) (affirming fee award of 36% of $3.5 million settlement fund, plus separate $40,000 award for expenses); In re Iowa Ready-Mix Concrete Antitrust Litig., No. C 10-4038-MWB, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130180, at *18 (N.D. Iowa Nov. 9, 2011) (awarding attorneys 36.04% of $18.5 million common fund in fees, plus separate reimbursement from settlement fund of over $900,000 in expenses); West, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57150, at *4 (E.D. Mo. Apr. 24, 2014) ("In this case, the court believes that 33 percent is a reasonable percentage for attorney's fees. It is appropriate to apply a reasonable percentage to the gross settlement fund."); Wiles, 2011 WL 2416291, at *10-11 (W.D. Mo. June 9, 2011) (awarding attorneys one-third of $900,000 common fund); Ray v. Lundstrom, No. 8:10CV199, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160089, at *11-12 (D. Neb. Nov. 8, 2012) (awarding one-third of $3.1 million fund in fees, plus separate reimbursement from the settlement fund of $77,900 in expenses); Brehm v. Engle, No. 8:07CV254, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35127, at *6 (D. Neb. Mar. 30, 2011) (awarding one-third of $340,000 settlement fund in fees, plus separate reimbursement from the fund of $45,000 in expenses); Kelly v. Phiten USA, Inc., 277 F.R.D. 564, 571 (S.D.

  2. Howard v. Cassity

    Case No. 4:09-CV-01252 ERW (E.D. Mo. Feb. 21, 2020)

    However, fees for clerical work or expenses related to document management should be subsumed in firm overhead and may not be recovered as attorneys' fees. See Nadarajah v. Holder, 569 F.3d 906, 921 (9th Cir. 2009) (finding filing, transcript organization, and document organization time was clerical in nature and should have been subsumed in firm overhead and not billed at paralegal rates); In re Iowa Ready-Mix Concrete Antitrust Litig., No. C 10-4038-MWB, 2011 WL 5547159, at *4 (N.D. Iowa Nov. 9, 2011) (assessing document and data management as costs). In addition, Plaintiffs request fees for work performed by IT Professionals Glen Gilbert and Colin Pitet, primarily to prepare and download electronic documents.

  3. Moyle v. Liberty Mut. Ret. Benefit Plan

    Case No.: 10CV2179-GPC(MDD) (S.D. Cal. Mar. 2, 2018)

    Moreover, these awards align with incentives for plaintiffs in other large-scale class actions. See, e.g., Zilhaver v. United Health Group, 646 F.Supp.2d 1075, 1085 (D. Minn. 2009) (permitting incentive awards of $15,000 to named plaintiffs who "bore the risks of counterclaim or collateral attack, and consulted with class counsel throughout the suit"); In re Iowa Ready-Mix Concrete Antitrust Litig., No. C10-4038-MWB, 2011 WL 5547159, at *5 (N.D. Iowa Nov. 9, 2011) (authorizing $10,000 incentive award to several named plaintiffs); In Re Mego Fin. Corp. Sec. Litig., 213 F.3d 454, 457, 463 (9th Cir. 2000) (accepting $5,000 proposed incentive award related to $1.725 million settlement).

  4. Dubinski v. Sentry Ins. Co.

    Case No. 1:14-cv-00551-TWP-DKL (S.D. Ind. Feb. 10, 2015)

    See, e.g., In re Iowa Ready-Mix Concrete Antitrust Litig., No. C 10-4038-MWB (N.D. Iowa Nov. 9, 2011), ECF No. 309 (awarding Cohen & Malad LLP more than the requested attorneys' fees based on "fabulous results" achieved for class with "incredible efficiency"). Therefore, the Court grants this request.