The fix is in. The class is represented by Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, which has a long history of getting low settlements in big cases. They are a false-flag shill firm working for the benefit of themselves and the defendant companies.
Like scofflaws Archer Daniels Midland, they are long-time sponsors of NPR, so don't expect any hard-hitting reporting from the mainstream-left in the US.
That's 1) a single datapoint and 2) doesn't show how LCHB compares with other law firms in class-action cases.
I'm not doubting, or believing, your assertion. I'm requesting something more material than mere assertion.
I actually tend to share your skepticism of significant NPR sponsors -- too many companies in need of whitewashing / greenwashing seem to end up in that role, to the point it's tainted the brand. Now I think "Oh, I wonder what that company is trying to atone for" when I hear a credit (if I don't already know, e.g., Walmart, Microsoft, Monsanto, Comcast, etc.).
Frankly I couldn't care less about how other law firms do in class-actions. In this issue we have LCHB and the settlement as leaked/rumored totally stinks for the kind of activites, admitted intentions, we have here. So it doesn't matter how LCHB compares to others, what matters is that they aren't doing a good enough job here.
I mean, come on, isn't it suspicious how quickly all of this was worked out?
I don't have to prove my opinion that the rumored settlement is too low because it's a value judgement. I can also say without burden of proof that non-prosecution of any criminal laws is less than ideal. I'm sure there's someone out there who would say the settlement is too high, that since the employees were free to start their own companies where they could make as much as they thought they were worth, so no harm.
In other words, I'm not arguing malpractice, nor incompetence in the courtroom sense, just that my interpretation of their history says that maybe they don't have the class's best interests at heart. Again, opinion.
If you have some sense that whatever they came up with was the best result possible, I'd really love to hear the rationale there, because I don't think one exists.
Like scofflaws Archer Daniels Midland, they are long-time sponsors of NPR, so don't expect any hard-hitting reporting from the mainstream-left in the US.