"Let me ask you this. if the victims of a wrongdoing are only entitled to $25, why should the lawyers each get any more than that?"
Because, last time I checked it's not free to sue a huge corporation. These lawsuits were filed in 2003. Until now, no plaintiffs' lawyer has rec'd a dime. The award for fees and costs is 2.7 million (not 10). Though only 3 Plaintiffs' attorneys are listed, each is the member of a firm. If you go to their websites, you'll find that there are a total of 31 lawyers in the firms. Thus, each laweyer made approx. 87 grand, no quite ten million. I have no idea how much time and effort it takes to maintain a suit against apple for 2 years, but I would't take 43.5 grand a year to do it.
This is my only point. People assume every class action results in a windfall for attorneys. This is not true. If they had lost or not come to a successful settlement they would have made 0 dollars. If anyone thought they were entitled to more than 25 bucks and decided to sue apple on thier own, they had that option. All in all, 25 bucks is not bad for sitting on your ass and letting someone else do the work, when, otherwise, you would have rec'd nothing.
Plus there is a public benefit here that it also under-recognized: do you think apple will do this again?
I promise you that "a lawyer" did not get $10 million out of this. I think you would be suprised if you knew how difficult these types of things were to put together. At any rate, the question remains: how much would the individual consumer rec'd w/o the suit?
Is there room for reform? Absolutely. Are all lawyers who bring class action lawsuits nothing but greedy bastards? No.
In the interest of full disclosure, I am a lawyer, but I don't bring class action lawsuits (or any other type for that matter).
" Lawyers are the only ones who make out in suits like this."
Really? What would have the vast majority of those affected have recieved if this lawsuit had not been filed? $25 cash or $50 credit? More like, the right to bitch about it.
"That would have really increased the number of movies I watched."
Why's that? Is your local Wal-Mart closer than you're mailbox? Or is it a speed thing?
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Do you have a link for this? I guess my google skills are waning.
How so? What would be illegal about not licensing their music to Apple? I'm not trying to be argumentative. I really don't know.
"Let me ask you this. if the victims of a wrongdoing are only entitled to $25, why should the lawyers each get any more than that?"
Because, last time I checked it's not free to sue a huge corporation. These lawsuits were filed in 2003. Until now, no plaintiffs' lawyer has rec'd a dime. The award for fees and costs is 2.7 million (not 10). Though only 3 Plaintiffs' attorneys are listed, each is the member of a firm. If you go to their websites, you'll find that there are a total of 31 lawyers in the firms. Thus, each laweyer made approx. 87 grand, no quite ten million. I have no idea how much time and effort it takes to maintain a suit against apple for 2 years, but I would't take 43.5 grand a year to do it.
This is my only point. People assume every class action results in a windfall for attorneys. This is not true. If they had lost or not come to a successful settlement they would have made 0 dollars. If anyone thought they were entitled to more than 25 bucks and decided to sue apple on thier own, they had that option. All in all, 25 bucks is not bad for sitting on your ass and letting someone else do the work, when, otherwise, you would have rec'd nothing.
Plus there is a public benefit here that it also under-recognized: do you think apple will do this again?
I promise you that "a lawyer" did not get $10 million out of this. I think you would be suprised if you knew how difficult these types of things were to put together. At any rate, the question remains: how much would the individual consumer rec'd w/o the suit? Is there room for reform? Absolutely. Are all lawyers who bring class action lawsuits nothing but greedy bastards? No. In the interest of full disclosure, I am a lawyer, but I don't bring class action lawsuits (or any other type for that matter).
" Lawyers are the only ones who make out in suits like this." Really? What would have the vast majority of those affected have recieved if this lawsuit had not been filed? $25 cash or $50 credit? More like, the right to bitch about it.
"That would have really increased the number of movies I watched." Why's that? Is your local Wal-Mart closer than you're mailbox? Or is it a speed thing?