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.”

Ted Frank
October 3, 2018
Press Releases

Judge: Lawyers must justify fee requests for investor suits withdrawn vs Akorn over proxy disclosures

While Judge Durkin refused Frank’s request to intervene as a litigant, the judge said the plaintiffs’ attorneys must address Frank’s contentions concerning the Walgreen decision before allowing the attorneys to keep their fees.

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September 27, 2018
Press Highlights

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.

Ted Frank
September 24, 2018
Media Appearances

7th Circ. Has Chance To Cut Off ‘Mootness Fee’ Merger Cases

In what's believed to be the first time a federal appellate court has been given a chance to address the issue, the Center for Class Action Fairness filed a brief with the Seventh Circuit that attacks the mootness fee racket.

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September 18, 2018
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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.

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September 11, 2018
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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…

Kavanaugh’s View of Judicial Power: Could It Be Tested at Supreme Court in <em>Frank v. Gaos?</em>

Adam Schulman
August 30, 2018
Blog

Get Ready for a Frank Oral Argument

Theodore Frank has been firing shots at so-called “cy pres” settlements—an especially controversial component of some class actions—for more than a decade. On October 31, he will take his crusade all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, lock, stock and barrel.

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August 30, 2018
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Critical Mass: Roundup Trial Goes to Jury | New Expert Standard in New Jersey | 7th Circuit Fee Focus

CCAF senior attorney Melissa Holyoak told me: “Attorneys’ fees should always be based upon and proportionate to the relief actually received by class members—that’s something we fight for on a regular basis.”

Image credit: Jeremy Keith

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August 8, 2018
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State AGs, ABA Press High Court Over Google Privacy Deal

"Cy pres-only settlement arrangements embody the worst flaws of the class action settlement system and are notable in their disservice to consumers," said the coalition, which is led by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich. "In cy pres-only deals, defendants and class counsel secure their own goals from the litigation while bypassing the class."

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July 17, 2018
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Special Master Tells Class Counsel to Clean Up their Act

“All you need to do is punish the attorneys that are overbilling in a few of these cases,” Frank says, adding that disciplinary sanctions need to be on the table for there to be a true deterrent.

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July 12, 2018
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