Some credit card customers got checks for as little as two cents, while the lawyers split $7.2 million. “For that reason, say some critics, the case of Schwartz vs. Citibank sent a priceless message about what’s wrong with the nation’s class-action legal system.” Mentions a certain website whose readers had a lot to say about the settlement (Gregg Fields, “No settlement? Grab your microscope”, Jan. 8).

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