As readers of the blog by now know, I’m always on the lookout for examples of class-action settlements that pay off the lawyers while providing little or no benefit to the members of the putative class. The most recent example is Galloway v. Kansas City Landsmen, LLC (pdf), in which Judge Greg Kays of the U.S…. Continue Reading
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In re Apple iPhone 4 Products Liability Litigation: Low Claims Rate Equals Reduced Attorneys’ Fee Award
Posted in Class Action SettlementsA few days ago, I posted about a case in which a federal district court in California drastically reduced a request for attorneys’ fees because the results obtained for the class were far from “superior.” Today, I ran across a decision by another judge from that court reaching much the same result. In re Apple… Continue Reading
Berry: Another Class Settlement Benefiting Class Counsel But Not Class Members Approved
Posted in Class Action SettlementsAs part of our ongoing series covering class actions in which the only real beneficiaries are the plaintiffs’ lawyers, here is the Missouri Court of Appeals’ decision in Berry v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (pdf), No. WD73974 (Mo. Ct. App. June 12, 2012). The plaintiff alleged a defect in the window regulator of certain… Continue Reading
Federal District Court: Attorneys Get Paid Even Though No Class Members Submitted Claims
Posted in Arbitration, Class Action SettlementsOne of the keys to our victory in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion (the Supreme Court case holding that courts can’t refuse to enforce arbitration provisions on the ground that they preclude class actions) was our ability to pull back the curtain on the consumer class action racket and show that often the only ones who… Continue Reading