July 25, 2025
The Third Circuit on Thursday won't revisit its prior decision upholding $3.2 million in fees to plaintiffs' counsel in a case that secured a $12 million deal for Wawa shoppers affected by a data breach after attorney Ted Frank argued the fees were disproportionate to the class' recovery.
June 25, 2025
The Third Circuit on Wednesday upheld a $3.2 million fee award for Berger Montague and Fine Kaplan & Black in the settlement for consumers affected by a 2019 Wawa data breach, ruling Wednesday that the district court judge correctly found no improper "side deals" or collusion at class members' expense.
April 10, 2025
A Third Circuit panel on Thursday considering a class member's request to reconsider a $3.2 million attorney fee award in the Wawa data breach litigation seemed unconvinced of the argument that the number was the result of side-dealing attorneys, with one judge telling counsel, "I don't buy it."
April 11, 2024
There is no evidence of side agreements or collusion between attorneys representing a proposed class in a suit against Wawa Inc. and the convenience store's defense counsel, according to a Pennsylvania federal judge's order approving $3.2 million in attorney fees following appellate court review.
October 13, 2023
Convenience store chain Wawa Inc. and the proposed class of financial institutions suing it over fallout from a 2019 data breach received initial approval Thursday for a $28.5 million settlement — in an opinion that invoked The Rolling Stones to say the parties will "get what they need."
March 13, 2023
Financial institutions affected by a significant hack at convenience store chain Wawa Inc. have asked a Philadelphia federal judge to approve a $28.5 million deal that would end their negligence claims against the company.
April 20, 2022
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday signed off on a $12 million settlement between Wawa and a class of customers whose payment information may have been compromised by a 2019 data breach.
January 11, 2022
Wawa employees have renewed their objections to a proposed $12 million settlement for customers whose payment information may have been compromised by a data breach and asked a Pennsylvania federal court to ensure that the customer settlement didn't release any additional claims the employees might have.
October 29, 2021
Plaintiffs in a class action against the Wawa convenience store chain over a data breach have filed a motion to approve the defendants' payment of $3.2 million in attorney fees as part of the $12 million gift card settlement reached over the summer.
July 30, 2021
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday gave her preliminary nod to a $12 million gift-card-and-cash settlement for customers of the Wawa convenience store chain in a lawsuit over a March 2019 data breach, over objections raised by employees who also sued.