Gov. Newsom’s lame excuses for banning AI-generated parody
An American politician infringed free speech because he couldn’t take a joke.
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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 on a proposed settlement that is going to bind them, the class attorneys asked for the court skip that step entirely and simply approve the settlement. And, shockingly, the court did exactly that!
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 the U.S. Supreme Court this term, Frank v. Gaos.
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 Committee. It is safe to say that the hearing will be replete with the usual senatorial posturing and pandering. But if they actually get around to asking the nominee some substantive questions, among those that loom largest is how Kavanaugh conceives of the judicial power. Given his dozen years on the D.C. Circuit, Kavanaugh…
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 case. Justice Roberts opined that the Supreme Court should “address more fundamental concerns surrounding the use of [cy pres] remedies in class action litigation, including when, if ever, such relief should be considered.”
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,” Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California reportedly told class counsel Thursday in the data privacy settlement of In re Anthem, Inc. Data Breach Litigation. Judge Koh agreed with a motion filed by the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness that a special master should be appointed to investigate…
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 none of that money.
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 to reiterate the limited exception of Online DVD and ensure a more uniform and correct application of CAFA.
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 Campbell v. Facebook. This case was centered around the theory that Facebook illegally analyzed URLs that users sent over private messages. CCAF has taken on some egregious settlements, but this one is especially ridiculous. Here are seven reasons why: CCAF found out and objected to…
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 “recommended” in its signs and ticket kiosks. It also requires the Met to pay $350,000 in attorneys’ fees to the plaintiffs’ lawyers who filed the case.
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