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.
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.
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.
Bi-Partisan Group of Attorneys General File Brief Supporting CCAF’s Challenge of ProFlowers’ Worthless Coupon Settlement
Attorneys general from 13 states filed an amicus brief supporting the Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) in its challenge of an unfair class action coupon settlement that involves Provide Commerce, Inc., the parent company of Proflowers.com. The case, In re: Easysaver Rewards Litigation, is on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In Easysaver, class counsel intentionally inflated the value of the settlement—to the tune of $38 million—in order to…
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Objector to $10M Target Breach Deal Fails to Sway Judge
"Although these class members had their financial data stolen, they are releasing future-damages claims against Target in exchange for nothing," Holyoak said.
CCAF Objects to Settlement Where Lawyers Make $1 Million, Class Gets Changes to Olive Oil Bottles
CCAF recently objected to the proposed class action settlement, class certification, and class attorneys' fees request in Kumar v. Salov North America Corp. on behalf of class member Ted Frank. The plaintiffs in this case alleged the defendant deceptively marketed their Filippo Berio brand olive oil as “Imported from Italy,” when many of the olives used to make the oil came from other countries.
CCAF Gets $405,000 Win for Class in Citigroup Case
“In a class action settlement with Citigroup shareholders, lawyers tried to direct a leftover balance from the settlement fund to advocacy groups that clash with the interests of class members,” said Ted Frank. “But now, after CEI objected to that unfair outcome, class attorneys have discovered a way to send those remaining settlement dollars to class members.”
CCAF Objects to Quorn Foods Settlement that Benefits Attorneys, Not Class
CCAF objected Thursday to an unfair settlement that leaves class members with virtually nothing, their attorneys with over half of the settlement fund - $1.35 million - and most remaining funds to an unrelated organization.
Judge Will Allow Class To Object To $75M State Street Fees
A Massachusetts federal judge credits the Center for Class Action Fairness with helping him "evolve" his thinking on a complicated and controversial class action case.
Thornton Law, others to pay $2m for probe of their bills
“It’s ironic, because any corporation caught telling investors something this misleading would surely face litigation from Labaton and Thornton,” Frank said after the hearing.
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