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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN RE Case No. 13-cv-03072-EMC

MYFORD TOUCH CONSUMER

LITIGATION FURTHER ORDER GRANTING

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR

ATTORNEYS’ FEES

10 Docket No. 527

12 13 On August 16, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Attorney’s Fees. See Docket No. 527 (“AF Mot.”). Plaintiffs seek $16 million in attorneys’ fees and costs, which was the figure that Magistrate Judge Kim “independently proposed to the parties.” See AF Mot. at 1. Class Counsel represents that it accrued approximately $5,800,535 in expenses, of which $4.1 million went towards expert fees (primarily related to hiring engineers to review software code). Id. at 17. Subtracting these costs from the $16 million request, Class Counsel is effectively seeking $10,199,465 in attorneys’ fees. In assessing the request for attorneys’ fees, the Court employed both the lodestar approach and the percentage-of-recovery method. When compared to the $31,445,713.25 in fees…