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Google Settlement: How Class Action Abuse Gives Money to Attorneys and Third Parties, Leaving Consumers with Nothing
CEI’s petition asks the Supreme Court to strike down the Google Referrer settlement and put in place clear rules that prevent lawyers from taking class…
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CEI Appeals Olive Oil Settlement Where Lawyers Make $1 Million, More Than Four Times the Class Recovery
On Monday evening, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed its opening appeal brief in a class action where the plaintiffs claim Filippo…
Law360
Consumer Advocates Say Target Deal Excludes Millions
Law360 discusses the Target Corporation Customer Data Security Breach Litigation with Melissa Holyoak. Consumer advocates on Tuesday urged the Eighth Circuit to reverse a…
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Unfair Target Data Breach Settlement Returns to Appeals Court
The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed additional briefing requested by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals about an unfair class action settlement stemming from the 2013 Target…
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Attorneys Target Holographic Weapons Owners for Million-Dollar Windfall
This week, the Competitive Enterprise Institute Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed an amicus brief in Foster v. L-3 Communications EOTech, a class-action…
Law360
Objector to $10M Target Breach Deal Fails to Sway Judge
Law360 discusses the Target data breach case with Melissa A. Holyoak. A Minnesota federal judge held Wednesday that a $10 million deal resolving…