Legal Opinion
Defalco v. Vibram USA, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 31, 2015No. 15-1207PPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Objectors to a class action settlement bring this appeal from a district court order approving settlement and awarding attorneys’ fees. Bezdek v. Vibram USA Inc., 79 F.Supp.3d 324 (D.Mass.2015). The underlying action concerned allegedly deceptive advertising and marketing claims made about the health benefits of certain “barefoot” running shoes. The objectors argued both to the district court and to us that the class notice was misleading, positing a higher potential recovery than the actual recovery; that it was unfair for objectors to be required to provide proofs of…
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