Checks and balances are needed true. I reckon this could be evolution, rather than bust of the “bubble”. Are we finally seeing a more humanistic spawn of Web 2.0, as opposed to superficial startups of the past?

Why blame a mom who lost a limb when her SUV rolled over while driving her daughter to soccer practice ??

Why blame a senior citizen widow who had it all life savings invested in Enron for her Golden years?

Ask those people who are adversely affected by these giants. I think there should be a check and balance here. And this website provides that.

my two cents.

I can just picture a client having to answer the question of how he met his lawyers in a deposition…

Not to mention the effect this name will probably have on a typical jury. The name “SueEasy” embodies the worst excesses of the McMarketing of lawsuits, i.e., a litigation mill crossed with a sleazy dot-com.

And don’t think their involvement and their name wouldn’t be discoverable and that it wouldn’t become an issue in the case.

It’s about time the so-called “Web 2.0″ websites started solving REAL WORLD ISSUES. How many different ways can you “connect with friends” or “upload videos and mobile clips”!!?? For Goddsake.

How many times have you been wronged and just let it slide? Besides I don’t see anywhere on the site, where it says you HAVE to file a Class Action. They seem to be resolving genuine grievances.

Take notice as they state “Web 2.0 medium” and no full contact details.

A distinction needs to be made between the concept of class action suit and the actual mechanics involved.

Arguing that the concept of a class action lawsuit is without merit seems to be missing the woods for the trees – it empowers individuals, and is the only counter-balance available against the might of a large corporation.

The mechanics need fixing. Maybe some reforms that put an upper limit on how much the lawyers can make in a case – either absolute or as a percentage. And some proportionality between the representatives and the other suit members. Simple checks and balances.

Michael – how come you don’t have an opinion?

Until we have a “loser pays” law like the rest of the civilized world, it’s just legalized extortion.

* Median attorneys’ fees were only 21.9 percent of the recovery in the studied cases – less than the typical one-third fee in personal injury cases.
* Attorneys’ fees (as a percentage of recoveries) were higher in federal court than in state court, contrary to claims of critics of the state class action system.
* Median attorneys’ fees in consumer class action suits, the kind often attacked by “tort reformers,” were only 13 percent.
* Attorneys’ fees have a strong correlation with the risk of pursuing a case.
* Client recovery and fee amount are strongly correlated. But as client recovery increases, the fee percentage for attorneys actually decreases, which provides more money for the clients.

1. Theodore Eisenberg, Cornell Law School and Geoffrey P. Miller, New York University School of Law, “Attorney Fees in Class Action Settlements: An Empirical Study,” Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 1, Issue 1 (March 2004).

2. Public Citizen, “Attorneys’ Fees and Plaintiffs’ Recoveries in Class Action Cases: Myths Obscure Facts,” found at http://209.85.1...lient=firefox-a