Seventh Circuit Rejects Subway Footlong Class Settlement as a “Racket”

By Ann Yackshaw on September 19, 2017 Posted in Settlements

A recent Seventh Circuit decision pushed back on a proposed settlement of the Subway “footlong sub” class action, finding the proposed settlement a “racket” designed to benefit class counsel without any benefit to the class. The story begins in 2013 when a Facebook post showing a Subway footlong sandwich measuring just 11 inches went viral. … Continue Reading

Arkansas Federal Court to Consider Sanctioning Attorneys for Using Federal Jurisdiction as “Bargaining Chip” in Negotiating State-Court Class Settlement

By Andrew Samuels on January 27, 2016 Posted in Class Action Trends, State Class Action Law

In Adams et al. v. United Services Automobile Ass’n et al., W.D. Ark. No. 2:14-cv-02013, Chief District Judge P.K. Holmes III of the Western District of Arkansas will soon decide whether to sanction attorneys who negotiated a class settlement in federal court and then dismissed and refiled in state court, where the case originated, for … Continue Reading

JCPenney Advertising Class Settlement Calls for $50 Million Payment for a California-Only Class

By Rand L. McClellan and Jacqueline Matthews on November 12, 2015 Posted in Class Action Trends, Class Certification

Retailers have been under siege, particularly in California, by putative class actions involving allegations of “false or misleading” advertising practices. Generally, the crux of the allegations is that retailers are inducing customers to make purchases by overstating or fabricating the amount that a customer will save by purchasing an item. In the past two years, … Continue Reading