context: In addition, the Court notes the significance that, in this case, Class Counsel did not begin negotiating their fee until all of the settlement terms for the Class had been fully negotiated. (PI.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.parenthetical: rejecting a settlement agreement which contained an award of attorneys' fees, holding class counsel should not simultaneously negotiate both a settlement and the attorneys' fees
citation_a.sentence: Fee Brief at 1.) See Prudential I, 962 F.Supp. at 577, aff'd, 148 F.3d at 335 (noting that parties properly negotiated settlement before negotiating attorneys’ fees); cf. Prandini v. National Tea Co., 557 F.2d 1015 (3d Cir.1977) (rejecting a settlement agreement which contained an award of attorneys’ fees, holding class counsel should not simultaneously negotiate both a settlement and the attorneys’ fees).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 962 F.Supp. 577, 577
citation_b.parenthetical: noting that parties properly negotiated settlement before negotiating attorneys' fees
citation_b.sentence: Fee Brief at 1.) See Prudential I, 962 F.Supp. at 577, aff'd, 148 F.3d at 335 (noting that parties properly negotiated settlement before negotiating attorneys’ fees); cf. Prandini v. National Tea Co., 557 F.2d 1015 (3d Cir.1977) (rejecting a settlement agreement which contained an award of attorneys’ fees, holding class counsel should not simultaneously negotiate both a settlement and the attorneys’ fees).