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As we predicted in a January 2019 post [Cy pres-only class settlements - anticipated Supreme Court decision may never come to pass], the United…

Cy-près distributions disburse settlement funds or damages awards to charities or other public interest organizations in circumstances where it is…

On April 30, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in a Ninth Circuit case approving a cy pres-only class action settlement. As we reported in a…

On November 1, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California published updated procedural guidance for class action…

The cy pres class action doctrine takes its name from the French term “cy pres comme possible” or “as near as possible.”…

We’ve always hated the concept of cy pres class action settlements. A cy pres distribution is an admission that, even without opposition, the…

All Hallow’s Eve proved a fitting date for oral argument in the Supreme Court of the United States in Frank v. Gaos, (S. Ct. No. 17-961), a case…

On April 30, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in two class action cases, on issues involving cy pres awards and class arbitration. Both cases…

The case, , No. 17-961, involves a pre-certification settlement of a class action against Google for alleged violations of the federal Stored…

Last month, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to review a decision of the Ninth Circuit approving an $8.5 million class action settlement in which…