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Forbes

Money For Nothing: SCOTUS Could Stop Class Action Funds From Being Steered To Non-Parties

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 11/01/2018

Forbes cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank and Senior Attorney Melissa Holyoak on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. Competitive Enterprise Institute attorney …

CEI Litigation

The Washington Free Beacon

SCOTUS Hears Case Against Google Giving Away Settlement Money To Friends

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 11/01/2018

The Washington Free Beacon cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank and Senior Attorney Melissa Holyoak on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. “This…

CEI Litigation

WSJ

Class-Action ‘Charity’ Racket

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 10/31/2018

WSJ cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank and Senior Attorney Melissa Holyoak on Frank v. Gaos. Google proposed to settle the case by…

CEI Litigation

Bloomberg News

Charities Could Be Out $5.3M If SCOTUS Rejects Google Deal

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 10/31/2018

Bloomberg News cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Melissa Hoyoak and Senior Attorney Ted Frank on Frank v. Gaos. Holyoak and fellow petitioner Ted Frank…

CEI Litigation

Law 360

High Court Case Threatens Key Source Of Legal Aid Funding

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 10/29/2018

Law 360 cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank and Senior Attorney Melissa Holyoak on Frank v. Gaos case. Frank and Holyoak, the petitioners…

CEI Litigation

Legal News Line

Supreme Court Case To Decide Issue Of Class Action Funds Directed To ‘Pet Causes’

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 10/29/2018

Legal News Line cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Franks and Senior Attorney Melissa Holyoak on Frank v. Gaos. The U.S. Supreme Court on…

CEI Litigation

Law360

Disputers Of Google Privacy Deal Cite 9th Circ. Award Ruling

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 10/25/2018

Law360 cited CEI Senior Attorneys Ted Frank and Melissa Holyoak on Frank v. Gaos. “Challengers to Google’s $8.5 million privacy settlement, the fairness…

CEI Litigation

Law.com

Critical Mass: Roundup Trial Goes to Jury | New Expert Standard in New Jersey | 7th Circuit Fee Focus

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 08/10/2018

Law.com cited CCAF and Senior Attorney Melissa Holyoak on 7th circuit decisions regarding the Roundup trial. Since Richard Posner abruptly retired last year, the U.S. Court of…

Class Action Fairness

Law360

State AGs, ABA Press High Court Over Google Privacy Deal

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 07/20/2018

Law360 cited CEI’s Ted Frank and Melissa Holyoak on the Supreme Court privacy settlement with Google.  Petitioners Theodore H. Frank and Melissa Ann Holyoak…

Class Action Fairness

Law360

Google Privacy Deal Is ‘Clear Abuse,’ High Court Told

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 07/13/2018

Law360 covers CEI’s Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. CEI Director of Litigation Ted Frank will be arguing the case before the court and representing himself,…

CEI Litigation

Mealy's

Google Privacy Class Objectors Tell High Court Cy Pres-Only Settlement is Unfair

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 07/13/2018

Mealy’s covers CEI’s Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. CEI Director of Litigation Ted Frank will be arguing the case before the court and representing…

CEI Litigation

Westlaw

‘Fool for a client’? Ted Frank Goes Pro Se at SCOTUS to Pan Cy Pres Settlements

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 07/13/2018

Westlaw covers CEI’s Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. CEI Director of Litigation Ted Frank will be arguing the case before the court and representing…

CEI Litigation

Legal Newsline

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Objection of $8.5M Google Settlement; Class Members Get Nothing, Funds Sent to Lawyers’ Alma Maters

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak
  • 05/03/2018

Legal Newsline quoted Melissa Holyoak on cy pres abuse in class action settlements. WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Petitioners opposing Google’s settlement of a…

CEI Litigation

The Wall Street Journal

Supreme Court Will Take a Closer Look at Class Actions

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 05/01/2018

The Wall Street Journal examines cases granted cert before the Supreme Court, including our case examining cy pres settlements, Frank v. Gaos.  The…

CEI Litigation

The Washington Post

‘Cy Pres’ Settlement Review

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 05/01/2018

The Washington Post reviews the cases granted cert by the Supreme Court, including Frank v. Gaos in which the court will examine cy pres settlements:…

CEI Litigation

Law360

Consumer Advocates Say Target Deal Excludes Millions

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak
  • 08/17/2017

Law360 discusses the Target Corporation Customer Data Security Breach Litigation with Melissa Holyoak. Consumer advocates on Tuesday urged the Eighth Circuit to reverse a…

CEI Litigation

Law360

Objector to $10M Target Breach Deal Fails to Sway Judge

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak
  • 05/22/2017

Law360 discusses the Target data breach case with Melissa A. Holyoak. A Minnesota federal judge held Wednesday that a $10 million deal resolving…

CEI Litigation

Cook County Record

Attorney fees clipped, class awards tripled under new deal to end Southwest drink voucher class action

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak
  • 02/16/2017

Cook County Record discusses, with Melissa Holyoak, CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s objection of a Southwest settlement.  At that point, the Washington,…

Class Action Fairness

Legal NewsLine

Eighth Circuit reverses, remands $10 million settlement in Target data breach class action

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak
  • 02/07/2017

Legal NewsLine discusses CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s important ruling in their objection to the Target data breach class action settlement.  “Over…

CEI Litigation

Bloomberg BNA

$17M Target Breach Deal Imperiled by Conflict Allegations

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak
  • 02/03/2017

Bloomberg BNA discusses an important ruling in CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s objection to the Target data brea Objectors to the fairness…

Class Action Fairness

ABC News

Court Orders Review of Target Security Breach Settlement

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak
  • 02/03/2017

ABC News and the Associated Press report on CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s appeal of the Target data breach settlement.  A Minnesota…

Class Action Fairness

Courthouse News Service

Objection to Google’s $8.5M Privacy Deal

  • By: Melissa A. Holyoak, Ted Frank
  • 08/13/2014

Courthouse News Service reports on the Center for Class Action Fairness' objection to a judge's ruling that Google should pay $8.5 million to settle the suit, because…

Class Action Fairness

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