Center for Class Action Fairness

09/30/2022

We win again in the Ninth Circuit in a challenge to an excessive fee request. Our Ted Frank is quoted.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a $350 million settlement over throttling iPhones but reaffirmed its position upholding the use of incentive awards granted to lead plaintiffs.

05/20/2022

Good win for shareholders—and for civility in litigation.

Lawyers for pension funds originally won 25% of $45M settlement with Stericycle

02/10/2022

Important win in the First Circuit.

We’re gratified that our amicus helped the First Circuit write an excellent opinion. The opinion establishes an important precedent that class counsel has a duty of candor in making fee requests. The First Circuit is correct that Judge Wolf was generous to class counsel given the magnitude of the wrongdoing. And the pay-for-play and scheme to increase fees by millions of dollars at the expense of the class is not unique to this case; we have an appeal pending in the Seventh Circuit with similar issues. Pension funds and state AGs should retain experienced objectors’ counsel to investigate more fee requests.

A prominent plaintiffs' law firm on Wednesday lost an appeal of sanctions it received after a judge found it and other firms behind a $300 million class action settlement with State Street Corp engaged in misconduct while pursuing fees.

12/23/2021

A win against a bad Conagra settlement to close out the year.

Conagra Brands Inc. and Wesson Oil consumers must rework a false-ad deal after an $8 million class settlement that included nearly $7 million in attorneys’ fees was rejected by a federal district court in California after a renewed look.

11/26/2021

Easy choice. Happy Thanksgiving!

10/22/2021

More press coverage of our Ninth Circuit win.

A federal appeals court has tossed a $10 million voucher settlement and $2.6 million in attorney fees in class action litigation over increased membership fees charged by Massage Envy franchises.

10/20/2021

A victory for attorney Adam Schulman, who successfully argued against Supreme Court appellate advocate Ted Boutrous.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with an objector and threw out a $10 million settlement and about $2.6 million in attorneys’ fees on Wednesday in a class action against Massage Envy after finding the deal required more scrutiny under the Class Action Fairness Act.

06/12/2021

We’re hiring.

About the Attorney Opening: Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute is hiring an attorney! And it’s a dream job for the sort of lawyer for whom this is a dream job. Maybe you’ve billed 250 hours this month on exceedingly silly discovery disputes and depositions, all for an ungrateful scaredy-cat client

04/09/2021

A recent win against attorneys trying to claim their coupons weren’t coupons.

SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - In a victory for objectors who complain that class-action settlements too often feature cash fees for the lawyers but worthless coupons for their clients, a federal judge has put a law firm’s million-dollar fee on hold until he sees how many coupons consumers actually ...

04/06/2021

We’re fighting to keep the citizens of Flint from being victimized a second time.

The $202 million in attorney fees requested by lawyers who obtained a settlement for residents of Flint, Michigan, faces objections in court, and in public.

03/30/2021

We’re fighting for Flint.

A Washington-based law center representing three Flint residents is challenging the $202 million attorney fee request in the water crisis settlement