California Court of Appeal

Final approval of a billion dollar settlement agreement reached in consolidated class actions brought under the Cartwright Act and the Unfair Competition Law against defendant, software company, is affirmed where the trial court did not abuse its discretion in determining that the cy pr-s provisions at issue were fair, adequate and reasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/10/2006
• Published 01/10/2006

Judges

• MARCHIANO, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Office of Charles Q. Jacob, Charles Q. Jakob, Sacramento, for Objector and Appellant-Charles Q. Jakob.


• For Appellees:
  
• Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, Eugene Crew, Margaret C. McHugh, Richard L. Grossman, San Francisco, Daniel J. Furniss, Palo Alto, for Plaintiffs and Respondents-Lingo et al., Heller Ehrman LLP, Robert A. Rosenfeld, Jessica S. Pers, Russell P. Cohen, Scott E. Morgan, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent-Microsoft Corporation.