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IN RE OPTICAL DISK DRIVE PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIG.

Nos. 17-15065 17-17439 Nos. 17-15067 17-17436 No. 17-15143.

959 F.3d 922 (2020)

IN RE OPTICAL DISK DRIVE PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION, Indirect Purchaser Class, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Conner Erwin, Objector-Appellant, v. Panasonic Corporation; Panasonic Corporation of North America; NEC Corporation; Sony Corporation; Sony Optiarc, Inc.; Sony Optiarc America, Inc.; Sony NEC Optiarc, Inc.; Hitachi Ltd.; Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.; Hitachi-LG Data Storage Korea, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. In re Optical Disk Drive Products Antitrust Litigation, Indirect Purchaser Class, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher Andrews, Objector-Appellant, v. Panasonic Corporation; Panasonic Corporation of North America; NEC Corporation; Sony Corporation; Sony Optiarc, Inc.; Sony Optiarc America, Inc.; Sony NEC Optiarc, Inc.; Hitachi Ltd.; Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.; Hitachi-LG Data Storage Korea, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. In re Optical Disk Drive Products Antitrust Litigation, Indirect Purchaser Class, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barbara Cochran, Objector-Appellant, v. Panasonic Corporation; Panasonic Corporation of North America; NEC Corporation; Sony Corporation; Sony Optiarc, Inc.; Sony Optiarc America, Inc.; Sony NEC Optiarc, Inc.; Hitachi Ltd.; Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.; Hitachi-LG Data Storage Korea, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submission Vacated January 24, 2020.

Filed May 8, 2020 Portland, Oregon.

Decided May 15, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Clore (argued) and Christopher A. Bandas , Bandas Law Firm P.C., Corpus Christi, Texas, for Objector-Appellant Connor Erwin.

George W. Cochran , Law Office of George W. Cochran, Streetsboro, Ohio, for Objector-Appellant Barbara Cochran.

Christopher Andrews (argued), Livonia, Michigan, pro se Objector-Appellant.

Kevin Kamuf Green (argued), Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, San Diego, California; Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Jeff D. Friedman and Shana E. Scarlett , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Berkeley, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee Indirect Purchaser Class.

No appearance by Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Jerome Farris, Carlos T. Bea, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Objectors appeal the district court's approval of two rounds of settlements in this consumer class action litigation, as well as the district court's award of fees and litigation expenses to class counsel. Objectors also argue that the district court erred by allowing class counsel's fee bid to remain under...

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