There needs to be a third party regulatory agency with real teeth where you don't need a pile of money to refute claims, just a little time for the regulatory agency to pressure them on your behalf. The courts aren't it although they probably should be.

The problem with our legal system is that in large part pointed out by GP, there's often a financial correlation in just how much you can utilize it which makes it ripe for exploitation by those with piles of capital laying around.

"Class actions" achieve very little; the only thing they do is make lawyers wealthier and if by some miracle the case succeeds, everyone else will get a 5$ coupon.

Real change requires changing laws by the democratic process and that can only happen when the population unites to hold the government strongly accountable.

I would argue that any other solution is a bandaid.