Thomas E Sanchez

Thomas E Sanchez

August 25, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The State of Class Representative Incentive Awards After 'Johnson v. NPAS Solutions'

Although the department stopped short of asserting that incentive awards are categorically prohibited, it relied on Johnson to argue that requests for such awards should be viewed "with skepticism."

By Thomas E. Sanchez

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August 25, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Future of Class Representative Incentive Awards After 'Johnson v. NPAS Solutions'

Earlier this month, in Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, No. 18-12344, --- F.4th ----, (11th Cir. Aug. 3, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied a petition for rehearing of a three-judge panel's majority decision holding that class representative incentive awards are prohibited under U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

By Thomas E. Sanchez

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