Court Cases

• 09-15-2017
• No. 14-md-2522-PAM (D. Minn.)
• Court Level: District

CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness objected to an unfair settlement deal resulting from the much-publicized 2013 data breach at retail giant Target Corporation. Forty-one…

Class Action Fairness

• 12-04-2017
• No. 15-16280 (9th Cir.), appeal from, No. 3:07-cv-05634-CRB (N.D. Cal.).
• Court Level: Appellate

The Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) at CEI filed an appeal brief in the Transpacific Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation on November 4, 2015,…

CEI Litigation

• 04-30-2018
• No. 15-15858 (9th Cir.), appeal from No. 10-cv-04809-EJD (N.D. Cal.)
• Court Level: Appellate

In the original case, Gaos v. Google, plaintiffs sued Google seeking trillions of dollars in statutory damages for alleged federal privacy violations over their search…

CEI Litigation

• 05-19-2016
• No. 14-2006 (4th Cir.), appeal from 11-cv-754 (JRS) (E.D. Va.)
• Court Level: Appellate

CEI appealed the district court’s approval of a settlement over data marketing practices, from which class members cannot even opt out, and under which class…

Class Action Fairness

• 03-21-2016
• Court Level: Appellate

CCAF objected in Poertner v. Gillette Co., a settlement of consumer fraud claims over Duracell batteries where the attorneys received $5.7 million and the class…

CEI Litigation

• 08-20-2015
• No. 13-3264, 799 F. 3d 701 (7th Cir. 2015), appeal from No. 11-cv-8176 (N.D. Ill.)
• Court Level: District

The Center’s client objected to a settlement over Southwest drink coupons given to “Business Select” passengers as a perk. Thanks to the Center’s involvement in…

Class Action Fairness