It was intended to empower and incentivize citizens to join together to challenge misconduct that affects people’s civil rights, health, safety, and economic security, where the cost of litigation would otherwise be far beyond the financial means of any one person. Since the 1970s, corporate interests have constructed a massive edifice of law firms, trade associations, think tanks, and public relations businesses, subsidized the campaigns of elected officials, and ensured that judges are in power who are disposed to favor corporate power over people.Ī main target of this group is one of the great procedural tools of modern jurisprudence: the class action lawsuit.
But a four-year investigation of America’s civil justice system shows that these subpar deals are the unsurprising product of a rigged legal system.ĥ0-Year Corporate Assault on Class Actions Years of corporate propagandizing have convinced the public that paltry class action settlements like these are the fault of unscrupulous plaintiffs’ lawyers. That dollar number is now closer to $7, and consumers are still waiting for their money. But only 1.2 million of those people will receive compensation.Īnd after credit bureau Equifax exposed the sensitive personal information of 147 million consumers (more than 40% of the population) in 2017, government agencies and class action lawyers promised the victims whose data was stolen a cash payment of $125. There is something going wrong with class action settlements, and there are two high profile examples.įirst is the social media giant TikTok, which violated 89 million minors’ privacy according to a proposed settlement.
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