CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) represents class members against unfair class action procedures and settlements. Originally founded by Ted Frank in 2009, CCAF has won millions of dollars for consumers and shareholders, and won landmark precedents that safeguard investors, courts, and the general public.

Unfair settlements generally serve self-interested lawyers and third parties at the expense of absent class members, the group of people whose rights are traded away to settle a class action. Lawyers have an interest in their fees, defendants have an interest in cheaply disposing of a lawsuit, and the class’ interests can take a back seat in the process. CCAF seeks to solve these problems by representing such class members pro bono and presenting judges with the other side of the argument. When CCAF prevails, lawyers get less, class members get more, and the rule of law is strengthened.

The New York Times says CCAF’s Ted Frank is “the leading critic of abusive class action settlements,” while Reuters called him a “class action maverick” and “among class action lawyers’ most feared objectors.”

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Frank v. Gaos

  • 17-961
  • Court Level: Supreme Court

On October 31, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case Frank v. Gaos. On appeal from the Ninth Circuit, this case…

Class Action Fairness

Litigation

Farrell v. Bank of America, N.A.

  • 3:16-cv-00492-L-WVG
  • Court Level: District

In this class action plaintiffs alleged that the extended overdrawn balance charges that Bank of America, N.A. charged on consumer checking accounts violated the usury…

Class Action Fairness

U.S. News & World Report

Cutting Off Consumers

A new regulation will burden low- and middle-income Americans reliant on payday loans. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau just released a new rule against payday…

Banking and Finance

Litigation

Anthem, Inc. Data Breach Litigation

  • 5:15-MD-02617-LH (N.D. Cal.)
  • Court Level: District

This class action relates to a data breach of Anthem’s computer system containing personal information of 78.8 million people, with a claims-made settlement that proposes…

Class Action Fairness

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