Dueling Appeals Filed After 11th Circuit Class Incentive, Fees Ruling

Mealey's (October 27, 2022, 1:05 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An objector to a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class settlement whose challenge of class representative incentive awards was determined to be valid by a divided 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel was granted an extension by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Oct. 26 and has until Dec. 1 to file a petition for a writ of certiorari challenging class counsel fees; meanwhile, that objector has until Nov. 25 to respond to another petition filed by the class representative who was stripped of his incentive award....