date:Sep 25, 2012
could mean that the parties have settled, or that the legal firms mounting the case have failed to assemble a credible class, he said.
Very few of these cases ever go to trial. I dont have any stats, but I suspect a lot settle. Companies conduct a cost benefit analysis and think is it worth spending one to two years, hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars fighting these cases - when you still might lose?
Mixed messages?
So what can we learn from cases where judges have issued ruling