In the underlying suit, the plaintiff claimed Godiva printed out a receipt for a credit card transaction with more than the last five digits of the card numbers allowed under FACTA. (Photo: JB Reed/ Bloomberg News)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a Manhattan federal judge’s order to cut down a fee request in a Fair Credit Reporting Act lawsuit, finding she had properly exercised her discretion, over arguments to the contrary from the plaintiff’s attorneys.
The Second Circuit ruling upheld a decision entered last May in which U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni of the Southern District of New York refused to allow attorneys to collect approximately $83,000 in fees in their Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act case.
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