Center for Class Action Fairness

Judge OKs Google location tracking class action deal to pay $42M to mostly left-wing groups

By Jonathan Bilyk | Tuesday, May 7, 2024 @ 12:13am

The $62M settlement ends class action accusing Google of misleading users into believing their location history had been turned off. The deal includes no money for Google users, though, only $18.6M for lawyers and big money for non-profits, which objectors said is a 'slush fund' for left-wing activism
Court delays $1.1 million payment to lawyers until class redeems coupons

By Daniel Fisher | Thursday, Apr 8, 2021 @ 6:52am

SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - In a victory for objectors who complain that class-action settlements too often feature cash fees for the lawyers but worthless coupons for their clients, a federal judge has put a law firm’s million-dollar fee on hold until he sees how many coupons consumers actually redeem.