[Am-info] The cost of Microsoft's school charity settlement

[Mitch Stone]

--- From a message sent by T.Guilbert on 11/21/01 8:45 AM ---

>I think your understanding is incorrect.  These are class action
>lawsuits; in a class action, no individual plaintiff can opt out of a
>settlement if the judge decides that the settlement is good for the
>class. 

This I understand, but what I don't understand is how a judge can decide 
that a settlement is good for an entire class when the relevant laws in 
the states involved are different.

 Mitch Stone  
 mitch@accidentalexpert.com