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Protecting Consumer Interest In Class Actions

Class actions can be an effective way to remedy consumer injury and deter corporate wrongdoing. Rolling individual injuries into a single legal action can vindicate consumer rights that might otherwise go without remedy. And the class action device can enable the private bar to seek resolution for some problems that government consumer protection agencies may not have the resources to pursue.

Sometimes, however, class actions do not serve the goals for which they were created, and the interests of private class attorneys and defendants appear to merge to the detriment of the class members. Class members may be offered coupons or other benefits without clear and complete information to judge their value, while defendants obtain broad releases and class counsel receive generous fees

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	Did You Know?
	You can opt out of a class action lawsuit. You should decide to opt out if you believe that your situation is significantly different from the majority of the class. At the same time your interests may also differ from those of the mass or maybe you are prepared to proceed on your own behalf. Sometimes, pursuing a class action case might put yourself in a risky situation which you want to avoid and then you would opt out.