“In this case the benefit for the class was not meager; it was nonexistent,” Posner wrote. “The type of class action illustrated by this case—the class action that yields fees for class counsel and nothing for the class—is no better than a racket. It must end. No class action settlement that yields zero benefits for the class should be approved, and a class action that seeks only worthless benefits for the class should be dismissed out of hand.”
via Posner opinion blasts class actions that are ‘no better than a racket’.
