LARGEST CLASS ACTION FEE AWARDS IN U.S. HISTORY | |||
Class Action Case | Settlement Amount | Fee Award Percentage | |
1 | Multi-State Tobacco Litigation | $206 Billion | ?? |
2 | Enron | $7.272 Billion | 9.52% |
3 | World Com | $6.133 Billion | 5.48% |
4 | Vioxx (Merck) | $4.85 Billion | 6.49% |
5 | Cobell (Dept. of the Interior) | $3.4 Billion | 3.40% |
6 | Tyco | $3.2 Billion | 14.50% |
7 | Cendant (2000) | $3.166 Billion | 1.73% |
8 | AOL Time Warner | $2.5 Billion | 5.90% |
9 | Nortel I | $1.142 Billion | 3.00% |
10 | Royal Ahold | $1.1 Billion | 11.88% |
11 | Nortel II | $1.074 Billion | 7.74% |
12 | McKesson | $1.042 Billion | 7.64% |
13 | Countrywide/KPMG | $624 Million | 7.59% |
14 | Cardinal Health | $600 Million | 18.00% |
15 | Lucent | $517 Million | 17.00% |
16 | Bank America | $490 Million | 18.00% |
17 | Dyengy, Inc. | $474 Million | 8.73% |
18 | Adelphia | $460 Million | 21.40% |
19 | Raytheon | $460 Million | 9.00% |
20 | Waste Management II | $457 Million | 7.93% |
21 | Global Crossing | $447.8 Million | 16.04% |
22 | Health South | $445 Million | 15.25% |
23 | Freddie Mac | $410 Million | 20.00% |
24 | Qwest | $400 Million | 15.00% |
25 | Cendant (2006) | $374 Million | 7.71% |
Source: NALFA Research Library