The document discusses the legal standards and analysis for awarding attorney's fees in a class action lawsuit. It outlines the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(h) and the methods for evaluating attorney's fees, including the percentage-of-recovery and lodestar methods. The court applies the lodestar method for this case under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which involves statutory fee-shifting.
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