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WSJ op-ed: Class-Action Lawyers Play Quota Games

Adam Schulman: If counsel assigns work, or courts appoint attorneys, on the basis of anything other than merit, it violates...

Ted Frank: A Rhode Island case illustrates the folly of tackling climate change in the courts.

Ted Frank: This case doesn’t belong in the courts. Newport County Superior Court is unlikely to arrive at the optimal...

WSJ op-ed: Justice Jackson’s Incredible Statistic

Ted Frank: Jackson’s dissent from the ruling on affirmative action makes an obviously implausible claim....

FedSoc: Countering the Biden Administration’s ESG Push: A Litigation Update on Utah v. Walsh

HLLI's Anna St. John and Ned Hedley write at The Federalist Society: The plaintiffs challenging the ESG Rule argue that...

AUDIO: Ted Frank Discusses Class Action Lawsuits on Lawsuit Watch

Director of Litigation and Senior Attorney Ted Frank discussed class action lawsuits on Lawsuit Watch, hosted by Curt Schroder....

WSJ: For Some Class-Action Lawyers, Charity Begins and Ends at Home

They funnel millions in settlement money to select causes—including their own alma maters....

WSJ: Where Was CFPB While Wells Fargo Plundered?

F. Paul Bland asserts (Letters, Sept. 12) that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule is necessary to avoid “immunity” for...

Posner Leaves ‘Enormous Imprint’ on Class Actions

“I’m confident that one day this decade a different court of appeals will disagree with one of those Posner opinions,...

WSJ: Congress Can Rescind the CFPB’s Gift to Trial Lawyers

Do Americans need more lawsuits? They’ll get them if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has its way. The CFPB—created by...

Protecting consumers from swindlers: How ‘fake facts’ make millions for class-action lawyers

The too-common scam goes like this. Trial lawyers bring a class action against a business, alleging unfair charges or false...

Footlong Subs and Other Frivolous Lawsuits

In class-action lawsuits the threat of astronomical liability drives many defendants to settle — even if the plaintiffs’ chances of...

CCAF in today’s New York Times

"The leading critic of abusive class-action settlements is Ted Frank of the Center for Class Action Fairness, and he is...
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