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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Ma v. Harmless Harvest, Inc.

  • 16-cv-7102
  • Court Level: District

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…

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Carlyle v. Akorn, Inc. et al.

  • No. 17-cv-4455
  • Court Level: District

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…

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Knapp v. Art.com Inc.

  • 3:16-cv-00768-WHO
  • Court Level: District

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…

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Campbell v. Facebook, Inc.

  • 17-16873
  • Court Level: Appellate

CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness objected to a cynical class action settlement in Campbell v. Facebook, Inc. This class action arose from Facebook’s…

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Kumar v. Salov North America Corp., et al.

  • Case No. 4:14-cv-02411-YGR
  • Court Level: District

On May 2, 2017, CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed an objection on behalf of a class member to the proposed settlement in Kumar v.

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Birbrower v. Quorn Foods, Inc.

  • Case No. 2:16-cv-01326-DMG (AJW)
  • Court Level: District

The CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) represents an objector to a settlement over allegedly mislabeled food that proposes to pay class counsel over…

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