MARK LAFFITTE et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,
v.
ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents;
DAVID BRENNAN, Plaintiff and Appellant.
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Altshuler Berzon, Michael Rubin ; Jocelyn D. Larkin , Robert Schug ; and Richard Rothschild for Impact Fund, Western Center on Law and Poverty, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus, Bet Tzedek, Centro Legal de la Raza, California Rural Legal Assistant Foundation, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, East Bay Community Law Center, Justice in Aging, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Legal Aid Association of California, Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, Public Advocates, Public Counsel, The Public Interest Law Project and Worksafe as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents and Defendants and Respondents.
Lieff Cabraser Heiman & Bernstein, Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Jonathan D. Selbin ; Girard Gibbs and Jordan Elias for Professor Christine Bartholomew, Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor John C. Coffee, Jr., Professor Joshua P. Davis, Professor Nora Freeman Engstrom, Professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick, Professor Arthur R. Miller and Professor Charles Silver as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents and Defendants and Respondents.
Capstone Law, Glenn A. Danas and Ryan H. Wu for Working Wardrobes as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents and Defendants and Respondents.
Kabateck Brown Kellner, Richard L. Kellner and Brian S. Kabateck for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents and Defendants and Respondents.
Law Offices of Martin N. Buchanan and Martin N. Buchanan for Professor William B. Rubenstein as Amicus Curiae.
OPINION
WERDEGAR, J. —
A class action employment lawsuit settled before trial for $19 million, with the agreement that no more than a third of that recovery would go to class counsel as attorney fees. In seeking the trial court's approval of the settlement, class counsel sought the maximum fee amount, $6,333,333.33. After considering...
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