San Diego Regional Director Lorie Zapf had a letter-to-the-editor published in today's San Diego Union Tribune in response to their editorial published last week on coupon settlements in class action lawsuits. In the letter, Lorie notes:

"The class actions that end in coupon settlements are usually contrived, manufactured lawsuits created by personal injury lawyers to enrich themselves, not help the consumer. The lawyers rack up millions of dollars in fees and leave the consumer with a near worthless coupon, in which they generally have to spend more money with the company that allegedly wronged them in the first place in order to realize any benefit."