Are Privacy Class Actions Getting Too Large?
The Recorder reports on a couple problems that arise out of large privacy class actions:
One, the classes are so large that, even though claimaints in class actions typically only are entitled to a small amount per person, they are too large to settle because they require settlement funds worth billions of dollars.
Two, the people whose privacy was invaded aren't known to the class-action lawyers and to the court and it requires further invasion of their privacy to identify them to give them notice of the class action.
Three, giving unclaimed, or cy pres, funds to legal charities is increasingly coming under attack.
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