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by djhworld 2526 days ago
How does this work for the claimants, do they get ~$50,000 each (it says more than 200 people but doesn't quantify it) or do the legal costs swallow up most of that
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According to Ars they get about $35k:

> Of the $11 million payout in the settlement, $2.75 million will go to lawyers representing the class, Bloomberg reports. Fillekes will get an extra $10,000 as the lead plaintiff. The remaining cash works out to around $35,000 per plaintiff.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/google-pays-11-m...

That seems kind of low. I would assume software engineers capable of interviewing at google would be somewhat well off, and take the risk for a bigger payout.

Perhaps the law firm had final say?

As always, lawyers get paid, not actual plaintiff.