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.
Sprint has secured a preliminary court approval of $17.5 million to settle a pending class action lawsuit over its early termination fees, fees which were ruled illegal in California earlier this year. The settlement excludes the California case...
Four women from Minnesota who filed a class action suit against their employer Wal-Mart in 2001 have won the suit. The settlement of $54 million will cover approximately 100,000 current and former hourly Wal-Mart and Sam's club Minnesota workers...
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, have entered into a proposed settlement that would create a Cash Settlement Account of $97.5 million to resolve certain claims asserted in the recent class action filed on behalf of all people or entities that purchased...
Antitrust allegations brought against Visa and MasterCard by Discover, will be settled with a payment of $2.75 billion, by the 2 credit card giants. Discover filed the antitrust suit 4 years ago, and sought an original $6 billion in damages. The...
AIG, the insurance giant recently bailed out by the federal government with $85 million, has announced that it will pay $18 million to settle with the father of a young man who suffered brain damage and resulting speech and movement impairment after...
A tentative settlement of a class action lawsuit against pluming manufacturer IPEX, the maker of Kitec plumbing fixtures, has been reached. The reported sum is $90 million, which would go to repair damages caused by ruptured Kitec fixtures. As...
A settlement has been reached between Pfizer and 34 states over the unlawful marketing of 2 prescription pain medicines - Bextra and Celebrex. The settlement, according to media reports, includes a $60 million pay out, and the stipulation that the...
A settlement has been proposed in a class action about the alleged artificial inflation of the price of Bridgestone publicly traded common stock and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) during the Class Period of March 30, 2000 to and including...
Armor Holdings, makers of bulletproof vests that contained defective zylon, will pay the US government $30 million as compensation. Federal, state and municipal law enforcement agencies bought the vests and were partially reimbursed by the...
A lawsuit claiming that Pricewaterhouse Coopers helped mislead investors about American International Group's earnings, will be settled with a $97.5 million pay out by the accounting firm to the state of Ohio. According to Ohio's attorney general...