Legal Opinion
Vizcaino v. Microsoft Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 15, 2002No. Nos. 01-35494, 01-35644PublishedCited by 521 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.
Once more we must address an issue arising out of the protracted litigation between Microsoft Corporation and its freelance workers, this time to decide whether the district court abused its discretion in the amount of attorneys’ fees it awarded to class counsel.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Beginning in 1987, Microsoft supplemented its workforce with workers known as “freelancers,” who agreed in writing that they would not be eligible for Microsoft employee benefits, including the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) and the Savings Plus Plan…
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