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Why the SEC’s “Gag Rule” Is Now Before the Supreme Court

A little-known—but unconstitutional—SEC policy is before the Supreme Court this year. The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute filed an amicus brief...

Gov. Newsom’s lame excuses for banning AI-generated parody

An American politician infringed free speech because he couldn’t take a joke....

Class actions settlements that never tell the class: the strange resolution of Buckeye Tree Lodge v. Expedia

Instead of asking for the court to send notice to the class members and giving them the opportunity to comment...

VIDEO: Frank v. Gaos: Fighting to Protect Consumers from Greedy Attorneys

Our class action legal team at Center for Class Action Fairness, has a video explainer on their upcoming case before...

Kavanaugh’s View of Judicial Power: Could It Be Tested at Supreme Court in Frank v. Gaos?

Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing is slated to begin Tuesday, September 4, at 9:30 a.m. before the Senate Judiciary...

CCAF Appeal May Be the Cy Pres Case Supreme Court is Looking For

In 2013, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote an unusual statement concurring with the Court’s denial of review in another privacy...

Court Appoints Special Master to Investigate Overbilling in Anthem Class Action

“I would never have appointed you…had I known you were going to pile on 53 law firms on this case,”...

Google Settlement: How Class Action Abuse Gives Money to Attorneys and Third Parties, Leaving Consumers with Nothing

In In re Google Referrer Header Privacy Litigation, Google settled for $8.5 million, but class members (including me) will see...

Coupon Settlements: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Coupon relief is notoriously bad for consumers in class action settlements. CCAF seeks reversal of the settlement approval in EasySaver...

Seven Reasons to Object in Campbell v. Facebook

Last week, CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’ (CCAF) Anna St. John objected to an unfair class action settlement in...

Metropolitan Museum of Art Class Action Ends in Counter-Productive Settlement

The settlement requires the Met to implement meaningless changes such as referring to its admission price as “suggested” rather than...

CCAF Seeks to Extend Landmark Walgreen Ruling in Favor of Shareholder Class Members

If you thought every corporate merger was unique, you’d be wrong. Over 90% of merger deals over $100 million have...

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