Litigation
Feb. 17, 2012
Professional 'objectors' now a fixture of class actions
Some federal and state judges who oversee class actions have turned against so-called "professional objectors" but do these lawyers bring an extra layer of scrutiny to the class action settlement process?
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Attorney Darrell Palmer says he chooses his cases carefully.
A judge recently had other more colorful descriptions of Palmer's caseload: "very improper," "abusive" and "tortuous."
Palmer, a Solano Beach sole practitioner, is in the business of representing people who object to class-action settlements - a practice area that sprouted up as class-action lit...
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