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I wonder what actually happens if you send them an objection (per section 11 of the linked page).

NelsonMinar 7y ago
I opted out of a class action settlement once (the Google/Apple/etc wage fixing lawsuit). The opt-out did absolutely nothing except that I didn't get a check but I did retain my right to sue. The tart letter I wrote to the judge about the quality of "my" attorney, though, that got a reaction. Not from the judge, but from those attorneys. They went from "won't return your email" to "very concerned to make sure I was satisfied". Only time I've ever had a lawyer dance for me.
- morpheuskafka 7y ago
  The opt-out isn't really supposed to "do anything," because it doesn't necessarily mean you disagree with the settlement, just that you would rather litigate on your own in your specific case.
_jal 7y ago
I opt out of them all. Partly I object to being tallied up as a profit source for lawyers I've never met and who certainly are not working for me. But mostly, it entertains me to write them letters with, perhaps, less sincerity than they're used to receiving. If I'm supposed to waste my time over their collusion with the supposed offender in order to legitimize their payday, they can waste theirs entertaining me so I actually get something out of it.
- ajdlinux 7y ago
  Right, but I'm interested in what happens if you _object_ rather than _opt out_. I wonder what the court's process for considering those objections is.
  - paulddraper 7y ago
    I believe those the same...if you object to the class action suit, you forgo payment but retain the ability to sue on your own.
    - woofie11 7y ago
      Nope. You get payment and lose ability to sue on your own.
  - paulddraper 7y ago
    I believe those are the same...if you object to the class action suit, you forgo payment but retain the ability to sue on your own.
    - ajdlinux 7y ago
      No - read the linked page, specifically question 12. Opt-out and objection are separate. You can only object if you do not opt-out.

I opted out of a class action settlement once (the Google/Apple/etc wage fixing lawsuit). The opt-out did absolutely nothing except that I didn't get a check but I did retain my right to sue. The tart letter I wrote to the judge about the quality of "my" attorney, though, that got a reaction. Not from the judge, but from those attorneys. They went from "won't return your email" to "very concerned to make sure I was satisfied". Only time I've ever had a lawyer dance for me.

morpheuskafka 7y ago
The opt-out isn't really supposed to "do anything," because it doesn't necessarily mean you disagree with the settlement, just that you would rather litigate on your own in your specific case.

_jal 7y ago

I opt out of them all. Partly I object to being tallied up as a profit source for lawyers I've never met and who certainly are not working for me. But mostly, it entertains me to write them letters with, perhaps, less sincerity than they're used to receiving. If I'm supposed to waste my time over their collusion with the supposed offender in order to legitimize their payday, they can waste theirs entertaining me so I actually get something out of it.

ajdlinux 7y ago
Right, but I'm interested in what happens if you _object_ rather than _opt out_. I wonder what the court's process for considering those objections is.
- paulddraper 7y ago
  I believe those the same...if you object to the class action suit, you forgo payment but retain the ability to sue on your own.
  - woofie11 7y ago
    Nope. You get payment and lose ability to sue on your own.
- paulddraper 7y ago
  I believe those are the same...if you object to the class action suit, you forgo payment but retain the ability to sue on your own.
  - ajdlinux 7y ago
    No - read the linked page, specifically question 12. Opt-out and objection are separate. You can only object if you do not opt-out.