Litigation & Arbitration
Sep. 21, 2023
Judge OKs $225M Juul settlement, but delays fee award
The judge did not award attorney fees because the parties could not reach an agreement. Plaintiffs’ counsel had requested up to 30% of the total settlement fund, or $76.5 million, and up to $13 million in costs.
A federal judge granted final approval for a $225 million settlement to resolve claims between Juul Labs Inc. and people who bought a Juul product before Dec. 6 and suffered alleged economic loss.
This announcement late Tuesday came two weeks after the same judge, Senior U.S. District William H. Orrick in San Francisco, gave preliminary approval for a $45.5 million settlement to release Altria Group Inc. and the remaining defendants in the...
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