Comments on: “FTC objects to Netflix settlement”

By: Overlawyered

Overlawyered — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:59:05 +0000

Update: Netflix settlement attorney fees likely to be cut

So indicated San Francisco Superior Court Judge Thomas Mellon Jr., who indicated he will not allow fees to reach the $2.53 million previously indicated. Objectors’ fees will be cut as well as the original attorneys,…

By: Overlawyered

Overlawyered — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:22:40 +0000

Bloggers Challenge Class-Action Settlement

I don’t usually link to registration-required sites, but this article is worth it (and the registration is not too intrusive). Charles Buck writes about the reaction to the Netflix class-action settlement, and makes this observation…

By: Bill Evans

Bill Evans — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:28:29 +0000

NetFlix offers a free two week trail period, and often through its affiliate program, you can get a 30 day trial period. As a current Netflix user I don’t really see much benefit to
taking advantage of the 1 month upgrade.
So by not taking advantage of this, does it put that money into the pot for the lawyers, go into the pot fot the other users, or get forfeited?

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:44:00 +0000

Skip’s objection–that the FTC should not intervene in a state class action–is a backwards view of federalism. California state courts should not be intervening in a nationwide regulatory scheme on behalf of the Netflix users from the other 49 states.