SAN FRANCISCO On the surface, In re HP Inkjet Printer Litigation doesn’t seem like the kind of class action settlement that would get a thumbs-down from the Ninth Circuit.
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy and other plaintiffs firms submitted bills for more than $7 million in fees and expenses, but agreed with Hewlett-Packard Co. to accept $2.9 million. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel, now the director of the Federal Judicial Center, appears to have conducted a thorough fairness hearing before reducing the fee award further, to $1.5 million.
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