the.com/consumer litigation
where a $4 overcharge becomes a $40 million class action, minus your $4.
means legal action brought by or on behalf of buyers against sellers over defective products, deceptive practices, or broken promises.
from emerged as a distinct legal category in the 1960s-70s as courts and legislatures responded to mass-produced goods and mass-marketed lies, giving rise to consumer protection statutes and the modern class action as we know it.
class action mathlawyers often collect more than the entire class combined
lemon lawsnamed after cars that just would not run
arbitration clausesmost litigation now blocked before it starts
settlement couponsyou get a discount, not cash
for instance
volkswagen dieselgate — 2015 emissions fraud cost vw over 30 billion dollars
juul labs settlements — 2022 payouts topped 1.2 billion over youth marketing
equifax data breach — 2019 settlement gave consumers up to 425 million
bp oil spill fund — 2012 gulf coast claims exceeded 20 billion