Arizona Daily Independent
An amicus brief was filed in federal appeals court to protect Arizona consumers from abuse in the class action settlement process. The states are asking the appeals court to reverse a lower court approval of a proposed class action settlement that would send $8.5 million to class action attorneys but only $225,000 in cash to consumer class members.
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office is taking the lead in a bi-partisan effort involving 13 states including Arkansas, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming.