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Case Citations [i] (Spring 2026)

handle is hein.ali/aggregate0032 and id is 1 raw text is: THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE Spring 2026 Citations PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF AGGREGATE LITIGATION CHAPTER 3. AGGREGATE SETTLEMENTS TOPIC 2. CLASS SETTLEMENTS § 3.13 Attorneys' Fees C.A.3, 2025. Com. (a) quot. in ftn. Customers of a convenience store filed a class action against owner of the store, asserting claims for negligence, negligence per se, breach of implied contract, unjust enrichment, and violations of multiple state consumer-protection and data-privacy statutes arising out of a data breach of the store's payment-processing servers. The district court approved a class settlement reached during a mediation, which included, among other things, awarding fully transferrable e-gift cards to customers who monitored their credit statements or who saw a fraudulent charge that required some effort by a customer to sort out. This court affirmed, holding that the settlement, including the awarded attorney's fees, was fair and reasonable. The court pointed out that the district court emphasized that the gift cards awarded to consumers were not part of a coupon settlement, and cited Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation § 3.13 in noting that, coupon settlements, unlike other settlements, used the actual value of the coupons redeemed or distributed through a cy pres remedy for purposes of calculating attorney's fees. In re Wawa, Inc. Data Security Litigation, 141 F.4th 456, 462. COPYRIGHT C2026 By THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America For earlier citations, see the Appendices, Supplements, or Pocket Parts, if any, that correspond to the subject matter under examination.