Legal Opinion
In Re Diet Drugs
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 8, 2009No. 08-2387PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JORDAN, Circuit Judge.
Three law firms and some of their clients challenge the final award of attorneys’ fees that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered on behalf of class counsel in this landmark class action. For the following reasons, we will affirm the award.
I. Background
A. Diet Drugs Litigation and Settlement
This appeal arises from multidistrict mass tort litigation concerning the appetite suppressants fenfluramine, marketed as “Pondimin,” and dexfenfluramine, marketed as “Redux.” Over its decade-long course, the case1 has…
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