Class action lawsuits that have settled or have proposed settlements. If a class action lawsuit settles, the court will hold fairness hearings to ensure the terms of the settlement are fair to all class members. There are usually two fairness hearings—the first is the "Preliminary Approval" hearing. After that hearing, a Notice of Proposed Settlement is sent out to class members. A Final Fairness Hearing follows at which class members can voice their opinions about the settlement. After that, a deadline is set for class members to submit claims. Lawyers click here to submit your settlements and verdicts to have them published for free.
A class action lawsuit filed in 1999 alleged that Chevy Chase Bank charged higher interest rates on credit cards than it had promised. The bank increased interest rates above 24 percent, the maximum allowed under Maryland law. Chevy Chase Bank...
In December 2005 the Province of Alberta was sued alleging the system unfairly provided social assistance to Albertans receiving Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH), welfare and widows' pensions. The class action lawsuit claimed...
A class action lawsuit against U.K. Barclays Bank has been dismissed. The multi-million dollar suit accused Barclays of helping Enron set up "special purpose vehicles" which allowed the company to hide billions of debts. One of those vehicles...
A class-action lawsuit alleging a conspiracy to fix prices of bath and kitchen fixtures by American Standard and others has been dismissed. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that the complaint failed to...
Blackfeet Indian Elousie Cobell filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of American Indians accusing the U.S. government of mismanaging more than $100 billion worth in oil, gas, timber, grazing and other royalties from Indians' lands back to 1887...
A class action lawsuit filed against Bell Mobility, Telus Mobility, Aliant Inc., Rogers Wireless Inc., Microcell Telecommunications Inc. and SaskTel has been dismissed by a Regina, Saskatchewan judge, although the judge concluded there are...
In 2001, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. attempted to remove $762 million in corporate debt from its balance sheet by selling loans to three partnerships it created with insurance giant American International Group Inc. The bad debt resulted...
BMG Music Club, which is owned by German media company Bertelsmann Inc., was accused in a class action lawsuit of using deceptive, misleading and unfair marketing and sales techniques regarding shipping and handling charges and advertised costs...
A lawsuit accused the State of Washington's government of paying unequal salaries to some workers and that the state unfairly offered different wages to workers who performed similar jobs in different areas of state government. The class action...
A class action lawsuit alleging securities fraud by Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. has been dismissed. The U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois dismissed the consolidated suit, which comprised ten separate actions, against...