Center For Class Action Fairness

Updates on consumer class action cases the firm is involved in, as well as news of settlements in similar cases.

Author: Ted Frank is the founder and president of the Center for Class Action Fairness in Washington, D.C. He also contributes to Point of Law and Overlawyered.

Blawg Related Categories: Consumer Law • Trials & Litigation • Verdicts & Settlements • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Center for Class Action Fairness

Court strikes down Ameritrade settlement
$1.87 million in attorneys' fees for a worthless settlement will not be collected; Judge Vaughn Walker denied settlement approval. From the perspective of the class, the worst-case scenario may be realized if following this denial…
Dannon Activia class action settlement
A stipulation of settlement has been filed in the Dannon Activia yogurt consumer-fraud case. A $35 million fund will be established to pay claim forms with cash, and plaintiffs' lawyers (including Coughlin Stoia, the lead…
"The Cy Pres Racket"
Karen Lee Torre, in the Connecticut Law Tribune, hates cy pres even more than I do, so we'll be seeing her Sep. 28 op-ed in future briefs. See also Peggy Little at Point of Law.
In the Recorder
The Recorder has a brief piece on CCAF on their blog.
Costco Fuel Settlement
Costco, along with other fuel retailers, has been sued over the way it measures gallons of fuel in some states. The putative class plaintiffs have settled the case--for zero dollars for the class, and ten…
CD California ruling approving Bluetooth settlement
The court's opinion is not quite a rubber-stamp of the defendants' proposed order and opinion, but it's pretty close. The court distinguishes precedent by claiming the cases we cited did not have severable attorneys' fees,…
In Forbes magazine
The Sep. 21 issue of Forbes magazine, now on newsstands, has a lengthy profile by Dan Fisher of my founding of the Center for Class Action Fairness, complete with a photo of my ugly mug…
Ameritrade Stock Spam Settlement briefing responses
Plaintiffs and defendants each filed responses yesterday in the Ameritrade suit. I have to say that I didn't expect the claim that the coupon for free software is not a "coupon."
The return of Grand Theft Auto: Class Action
With a million dollars of attorneys' fees at stake, the trial lawyers in the infamous Grand Theft Auto case appealed the lower court decertification ruling to the Second Circuit.In response, I filed this brief yesterday.
Ameritrade Stock Spam Settlement briefing
Unlike the Bluetooth case, we were among several plaintiffs who filed substantive objections to this settlement. The hearing will be before Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco on September 10.CCAF objection;Public Citizen;Weinstein;Holober; andElvey request for…