Announcing Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute
In January 2019, CCAF will become part of the new Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, a free-market nonprofit public-interest law firm created by CEI/CCAF litigators Ted Frank and Melissa Holyoak.
Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Unfair Class Action Settlement that Gives Millions to Attorneys, Zero Dollars to Class Members
Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case brought by the Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) challenging an unfair class action settlement in which lawyers and their hand-picked universities and pet causes got millions while class members got nothing.
Q&A on Frank v. Gaos, Class Action Lawsuit Headed to Supreme Court
The who, what, why, and how of CCAF's Supreme Court argument.
CCAF Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Ninth Circuit’s EasySaver Decision Underscores Need for Proposed Cy Pres Standard
Today the Center for Class Action Fairness filed a supplemental brief with the Supreme Court, arguing the Ninth Circuit’s decision in the EasySaver case earlier this month underscores the need for its proposed standard governing cy pres settlements in class action suits when the court decides Frank v. Gaos. “EasySaver is a disturbing example of how the Ninth Circuit’s lenient approach to cy pres in class action settlements creates an incentive for class attorneys to favor sending money to their preferred…
CEI Appeals Unlawful Conditions FCC Imposed on Cable Provider Merger
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (now also represented by Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute) and four individuals – John France, Daniel Frank, Jean-Claude Gruffat, and Charles Haywood – filed an appeal today with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, seeking to overturn unlawful conditions imposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on a merger between three major U.S. cable companies. In 2015, Charter, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House…
CCAF Wins Attorney Fee Challenge After Ninth Circuit Rules EasySaver Settlement Violated CAFA
“We are gratified that the court rejected class counsel’s attempt to evade the Class Action Fairness Act’s restrictions on coupon settlements, but the fact that the court was willing to countenance attorneys choosing to prefer their alma mater and local San Diego schools to nationwide class recovery while collecting 15 to 40 times as much as their clients shows why the Supreme Court needs to reverse in Frank v. Gaos. We are considering our options for further review.”
CCAF Challenges Frivolous Suit Paying Attorneys over $300,000 but Leaving Class members with $0
Yesterday, the Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed its opening brief in Alcarez v. Akorn, Inc., et al. CCAF is challenging an order denying CCAF’s intervention in three of six Akorn actions that were pending in the district court.
CCAF Files Supreme Court Brief in Case Challenging Abuse of Class Action System
Today the Center for Class Action Fairness filed its opening brief in Frank v. Gaos, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a class action settlement that provided zero dollars to class members, more than $2 million to the lawyers, and the remaining $5.3 million to third-party organizations unrelated to the case. Those organizations include class counsel’s alma maters and nonprofits to which defendant Google already contributes. This unfair practice of giving away class members’ money…
CCAF Wins Appeal, Heads Back to Court to Challenge Bad-Faith Objectors in Pearson Class Action
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit agreed to allow the Center for Class Action Fairness go back to court and challenge the actions of professional, bad-faith objectors.
CCAF Objection Wins Nearly $100 million for Class Members in Petrobras Settlement
This week, Judge Jed Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York agreed with the Center for Class Action Fairness objection to the excessive attorneys’ fees request in the $3 billion class action settlement, In re Petrobras Securities Litigation.
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