This case will probably be fine. However, there are tons of cases where the lawyers get 100% of the cash settlement. The lawyers have to show a benefit for th

This case will probably be fine. However, there are tons of cases where the lawyers get 100% of the cash settlement. The lawyers have to show a benefit for the class, and it can be as small as getting the company to promise to stop doing whatever was a problem and hiring one outside firm to verify compliance. Then then lawyers can get a settlement of $500/hour for all the time they spent on the case with an inflated number of hours. I have seen cases where the lawyers on both sides are basically conspiring against the class, and the judge is okay with it because he wants to get back to the golf course. The plaintiff's laywers basically say, "hey you agree to the smallest thing the judge will accept as a benefit to the class, and you don't bitch about paying us $500/hr. Deal?"