The California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that state law permits class action attorneys to collect fees based on a percentage of the money they recover in litigation.
The justices soundly rejected arguments that doing so violates the court’s holding in the 1977 case Serrano v. Priest. But Justice Goodwin Liu, in a concurring opinion, also suggested some measures be taken to prevent clashes between the interests of class members and their attorneys when it comes to fees. Below are excerpts from the decision written by Justice Kathryn Werdegar and Liu’s concurring opinion in Lafitte v. Robert Half International.
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