9th Circ. Skeptical Of $1.7M Atty Fees For $53K Napster Deal

By Gina Kim (December 9, 2022, 7:55 PM EST) -- A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday appeared open to undoing a California federal judge's award of $1.7 million in fees to plaintiffs' attorneys in a royalties class action against Napster that yielded songwriters just $53,000, with one judge calling the fee award "wildly disproportionate" to the outcome....

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