Objector Blackmail

The Seventh Circuit ruled that class-action objectors who seek to “blackmail” fellow class members by objecting to the settlement unless they receive a private payout may be ordered to disgorge their ill-gotten proceeds for the benefit of the class.

CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit ruled that class-action objectors who seek to “blackmail” fellow class members by objecting to the settlement unless they receive a private payout may be ordered to disgorge their ill-gotten proceeds for the benefit of the class.

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