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There’s reason to fear Meta’s historic $18B settlement will mostly help . . . the lawyers

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In the wake of this week’s $18 billion Meta settlement, it’s worth noting that attorneys in class-action lawsuits always claim they’re seeking huge payouts to win justice for victims — yet some ugly news from New Jersey again shows how little the real victims ever see.

Some 25 Garden State towns blew at least $2.3 million from the 2021 nationwide opioid settlement on naked self-dealing and utter nonsense. 

So a crusade in the name of mitigating the harm done to individuals and communities really adds up to little more than a shakedown to benefit the lawyers who sued and local officials who got to spend freely.

Look at the shopping list:

$73,000 on a custom Mustang for Atlantic City’s police department.

Nearly $150,000 handed over in Camden to a nonprofit for  . . .........

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