Questions Presented
May district courts, consistent with the common-fund doctrine of Greenough and Pettus, and without authorization by statute or rule, approve payments from class-action commonfund settlement funds to compensate litigants for their personal service as representative plaintiffs?
Case Updates
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant certiorari and reject incentive awards for named class members, which only encourage abuse of the class action system
September 18, 2026
Steven A. Engel, Michael H. McGinley, Brian A. Kulp, Gary M. Dreyer, and Riley D. Compton of Dechert LLP served as outside counsel.