A magistrate judge scuttled a class action settlement against a debt collector, faulting an arrangement that paid no class members except the named plaintiff and instead made a payment to a consumer advocacy group.
Eastern District Magistrate Judge Gary Brown denied final approval in Graff v. United Collection Bureau, 12-cv-2402, questioning the nearly $40,000 cy pres payment to the National Consumer Law Center.
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