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…

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April 2, 2018
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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.

Ted Frank
March 23, 2018
Media Appearances

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.

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March 16, 2018
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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…

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March 7, 2018
Press Highlights

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.”

CCAF Appeal May Be the <em>Cy Pres</em> Case Supreme Court is Looking For

Frank Bednarz
February 21, 2018
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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.

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February 13, 2018
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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…

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Frank Bednarz
February 5, 2018
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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.

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January 31, 2018
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CCAF Fights Facebook Settlement that Pays Consumers Nothing, Lawyers Get Nearly $4 Million

Today, the Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed its opening appellate brief opposing a Facebook class action settlement that provides $3.9 million for attorneys, while class members receive nothing more than a vague 22-word addition to Facebook’s “Help Center.”

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January 25, 2018
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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.

Melissa Holyoak
January 3, 2018
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