Litigation
CEI v. State Department
In September 2017, in response to mounting information about the role of outside influence in developing the controversial Paris climate treaty, CEI submitted a Freedom…
Litigation
Ma v. Harmless Harvest, Inc.
Class member and CCAF attorney Anna St. John objected to settlement approval, class certification, and the request for attorneys’ fees in Ma v. Harmless Harvest, Inc. The…
Litigation
Carlyle v. Akorn, Inc. et al.
Last year the Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) and CEI won an appellate victory over the self-serving Walgreens shareholder settlement, where the Seventh…
Litigation
CEI v. Department of Justice
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on August 30, 2017, seeking documents behind…
Litigation
Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation
In this antitrust price-fixing case, the settlement includes a nationwide class indirect purchasers of lithium ion batteries in a variety of electronic equipment. Only about…
Litigation
Knapp v. Art.com Inc.
In this class action, plaintiffs allege that Art.com violated consumer protection laws and committed unlawful business practices by offering items on “sale” but at prices…