Category: First Circuit Decisions

Class Action Settlements First Circuit Decisions

The First Circuit and Cy Pres

April 30, 2012 / January 4, 2023 by mindgrub

In 2009, the First Circuit held, as a matter of first impression, that class action settlement agreements may, in appropriate circumstances, include provisions for cy pres distributions. In...

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