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
Money for nothing: SCOTUS could stop class action funds from being steered to non-parties

By Daniel Fisher | Thursday, Nov 1, 2018 @ 6:00am

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a case that could end cy pres, the practice of steering money in class action settlements to organizations with absolutely no connection to the underlying lawsuit.