Threatt v. Farrell
CCAF represents an objector to settlement where class counsel sought attorneys' fees of more than $7700 per hour of work on the case. At the same time, class members recover less than 10% of the potential value of their claims.
Class Settlement Flaw Exposed in Case Over Smart Phone Batteries
Bloomberg Law discusses our ninth-circuit appeal in the lithium ion antitrust litigation: A possible vehicle for federal courts to revisit the inconsistent treatment comes in an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by a class action advocacy group. The Center for Class Action Fairness is seeking to undo an October 2017 settlement in In Re: Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation, a multi-district lawsuit on a price-fixing…
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CCAF Achieves Victory for Class in Harmless Harvest Objection
CCAF opposed a settlement in Ma v. Harmless Harvest, a class action dispute over claims of organic products in coconut water in which class attorneys sought $575,000 and the class members get nothing.
CCAF Appeals Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Settlement
The Center for Class Action Fairness filed its opening brief in an appeal of the settlement in In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation today, arguing that the Ninth Circuit should decertify the class and reverse the settlement approval. The settlement in this antitrust price-fixing case unlawfully reduces the recovery of class members who have stronger claims than others. In this type of settlement, relief distributed pro rata to a nationwide class is a false justice…
CEI Files Closing Brief in Challenge To FCC’s Delay on Reconsidering Charter Merger Conditions
Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute filed its closing brief in its challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 21-month delay on its petition concerning the Charter/Brighthouse/Time Warner cable merger.
FCC Argues Against Mandamus in Charter Broadband Overbuild Review
Communications Daily profiles CEI's (and now HamLinc's) petition representing individuals taking the Federal Communications Commission to court over the 2016 Charter/Brighthouse/Time Warner cable merger. FCC inaction on the Competitive Enterprise Institute June 2016 petition for administrative reconsideration (see 1606100043) falls “far short” of an egregious-level delay that would justify a writ of mandamus, the agency said Friday in a docket 17-1261opposition filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. It…
Cannon v. Ashburn Corp.
CCAF successfully objected to the proposed settlement for its severely imbalanced result and giving the attorneys a guaranteed payday that will exceed class recovery.
State AGs Still Really Don’t Like Cy Pres Class Action Settlements
Because “[o]bjectors do not contest the value of the settlement” or plead that they suffered any out-of-pocket injury from Google’s conduct, the only question was whether it was “feasible” to distribute $8.5 million to a class with 129 million estimated members who performed searches through Google.
CCAF Objects to Attorneys Taking One-Third of IKEA Contractor Settlement Dollars
The Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) objected to the settlement in Leung et al. v. XPO Logistics, Inc. yesterday, arguing that the plaintiffs’ attorneys are attempting to overpay themselves by taking over 34 percent of the recovery, or $2.33 million of the $6.75 million class relief.
Leung et al. v. XPO Logistics, Inc.
CCAF argued the plaintiffs’ attorneys are attempting to overpay themselves by taking over one-third of the net settlement fund, or $2.33 million, which is substantially more than the median fee award in similar cases.
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