Washington Examiner on MMoA Objection

Washington Examiner cites Anna St. John's piece on a class action suit involving the Metropolitan Museum of Art and how similar suits can harm cultural institutions. ... Cultural institutions harmed by lawsuits Anna St. John for the Competitive Enterprise Institute: A New York trial court recently approved a class-action settlement in a case filed against the Metropolitan Museum of Art based on its allegedly deceptive admissions policy. The settlement requires the Met…

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July 10, 2017
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Thirteen State Attorneys General Support CCAF’s Objection to Google Consumer Privacy Class Action Settlement

This week, 13 state attorneys general filed an amicus brief in support of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) and its objection to a consumer privacy class action settlement involving Google because it provides millions of dollars to attorneys and zero dollars to the class.

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July 6, 2017
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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…

Seven Reasons to Object in <em>Campbell v. Facebook</em>

Frank Bednarz
July 3, 2017
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3rd Circ. Asked To Nix Approval of $5.5M Google Privacy Deal

Not only did class counsel make no effort to distribute any money to the class here, but there are obvious conflicts of interest associated with the cy pres recipients, Frank asserted, noting that Google is a regular donor to four of the entities and co-lead class counsel Brian Strange is board chairman of another, Public Counsel.

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June 30, 2017
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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.

Anna St. John
June 30, 2017
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CCAF Challenges Google Privacy Settlement that Pays Lawyers, Third Parties $5.5 Million and Consumers Nothing

The Center for Class Action Fairness filed its opening brief challenging a class action settlement in a consumer privacy case against Google because it provides millions of dollars to attorneys and zero dollars to the class.

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June 29, 2017
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CCAF Objects to Facebook Class Action Settlement that Pays Lawyers Nearly $4 Million While Consumers Get 22 Words of Nothing

The Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed an objection arguing against a cynical settlement in a Facebook class action that provides $3.9 million in fees and expenses to the plaintiffs’ attorneys and only a vague 22-word addition to Facebook’s “Help Center” for the class members.

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June 27, 2017
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CCAF Wins More Than $4 Million for Consumers in Dairy Products Class Action

Yesterday, in a victory for CCAF, the court decided to reduce the attorneys’ grossly disproportionate fee request by 25 percent, from more than $17 million to $13 million.

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June 27, 2017
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Facebook User Says Privacy Deal Gives Class Nothing

In an objection filed Monday, class member Anna St. John, an attorney for a class action fairness group, said the deal unfairly enriches the attorneys involved and offers users only a scant, 22-word temporary change to one of Facebook's help pages.

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June 27, 2017
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The Recorder: Objectors Slam No-Cash Settlement in Facebook Message-Scanning Suit

"Cynical." That's the descriptor lawyers at the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Center for Class Action Fairness used to describe a proposed no-cash deal Facebook Inc. reached to settle a privacy class action earlier this year.

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June 27, 2017
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