Attorney fee award in Wawa data breach case reinstated

As data and cyber security issues continue to rise, hackers use every opportunity to compromise private consumer data, and affected companies are left to clean up the damage. A case out of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania may be a good indicator on how courts are approaching settlements for these incidents, including how much the attorneys are paid. A judge reinstated the attorney fee award given in a class action suit after it was vacated by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The judge who reinstated the $3.2 million award had been tasked with re-considering its reasonableness.