Court Cases

• 04-11-2013
• No. 09-md-2023 (BMC) (JMA), (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 11, 2013)
• Court Level: District

As a result of the Center’s objection, the parties modified the settlement to increase direct payments to the class by over $5.8M. Our second objection…

Class Action Fairness

• 02-19-2013
• 708 F.3d 163 (3d Cir. 2013)
• Court Level: Appellate

This case involved a settlement of consolidated antitrust class actions brought by consumers against retailers Toys “R” Us, Babies “R” Us and several baby product…

Class Action Fairness

• 05-15-2013
• 716 F.3d 1173 (9th Cir. 2013)
• Court Level: District

The Ninth Circuit held that the Class Action Fairness Act requires that when class members obtain coupons in a settlement, the lawyers’ fees attributable to those…

Class Action Fairness

• 08-02-2013
• 724 F.3d 713 (6th Cir. 2013)
• Court Level: Appellate

CCAF objected to this $0 settlement between Proctor & Gamble Company and consumers who purchased certain kinds of Pampers diapers where class counsel requested $2.73…

Class Action Fairness

• 10-26-2012
• No. 10-cv-2033, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167066 (D.N.J. Nov. 25, 2013)
• Court Level: District

The Center objected to a settlement that paid the class $0, established meaningless corporate governance changes, and paid the attorneys over $10 million: the court…

Class Action Fairness

• 03-20-2017
• 16-2850
• Court Level: Appellate

In 2013, CCAF (now part of CEI) objected to the fees in a securities class action in which class counsel sought an outsized percentage of…

Class Action Fairness