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.”
Class Action in the News
Ongoing Litigation
Citations
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Appeals Court Returns Class Action To Lower Court After Only $225,000 Paid Out To Class Members, But $12M Awarded To Attorneys And Third-Party Universities
November 30, 2018 -
Justices Revisit Spokeo Standing At Oral Arguments Over Cy Pres Settlements
November 1, 2018 -
High Court Could Shoot Down Google Settlement On Standing
October 31, 2018
From the Newsroom
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CEI Disappointed in Outcome of Supreme Court Decision in Class Action Settlement Case, Frank v. Gaos, but Hopeful for Future Resolution
March 20, 2019 -
CEI Congratulates Ted Frank and CCAF on the Launch of the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute
December 17, 2018 -
Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Unfair Class Action Settlement that Gives Millions to Attorneys, Zero Dollars to Class Members
October 31, 2018
Featured Attorneys
Melissa A. Holyoak
Senior AttorneyTed Frank
Director of Litigation and Senior Attorney