| Volume 87 Number 10 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Avoid counterfeit check schemes. Don't ever cash a check for someone and forwarded them cash or your personal check. Odds are the check will bounce, and you will be out the cash.
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Supreme Court Rules on Affirmative Action
On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that's being hailed as a win by both sides. However, supporters of affirmative action concede that they'll need to make some concessions to keep such guidelines in place. That's because the Supreme Court has directed the courts to apply the "strict scrutiny" standard to cases of affirmative action in school admissions, rather than basic assurances of "good faith."
What does this case mean for the future of affirmative action?
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Facebook Bug Exposes Personal Information
The names, email addresses, and phone numbers of six million Facebook users were accidentally exposed last week, all without any hackers or scammers getting involved.
The latest privacy headline is unlikely to deter users from Facebook, but it should have them concerned. Ultimately, if certain information leaks, a person's financial stability and safety could be on the line.
Are you on Facebook? Was your personal information exposed?
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For the Lawyers
Attorneys’ fees must be tied to redemption value of coupons.
The Ninth Circuit held that an attorneys’ fee award to class counsel violated the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), and specifically 28 U.S.C. § 1712(a)-(c), which governs the calculation of attorneys’ fees in class action cases containing a coupon component. The court held that when a settlement provides for coupon relief, either in whole or in part, any attorneys’ fee that is “attributable to the award of coupons” must be calculated using the redemption value of the coupons.
The court reversed the district court’s award and remanded, because the district court awarded fees that were “attributable to” the coupon relief, but failed to first calculate the redemption value of those coupons.
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