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Greed is undermining class actions, according to Ted Frank, founder and director of the Center for Class Action Fairness in Washington.
Consumer and other class settlements often pay more to trial lawyers than to their clients, Frank says, and he's devoted his professional life to fighting that trend.
Frank is an objector—a lawyer for class members who claim excess attorneys' fees or other settlement terms siphon benefits from consumers—and he says he fills a void.
