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Class actions, designed initially to consolidate similar lawsuits into one large collective action, have become expensive and time-consuming, and are used by plaintiffs’ lawyers to force companies to settle regardless of the case having merit. Consumers get pennies on the dollar while plaintiffs’ lawyers, the system’s actual beneficiaries, get massive payouts.