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.
On July 28, 2008, Judge Victoria Chaney of the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, granted final approval of the settlement of the Class Action providing reimbursement to California owners and lessees of the 2000 and 2001 Ford Focus...
In the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, in 'In re Magma Design Automation, Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. C-05-2394 CRB', a summary notice of a proposed settlement of class action...
Abbott Laboratories has agreed to settle a lawsuit that alleges it improperly raised the price of Norvir, its drug for treating HIV. The settlement is not finalized yet, but the payment is expected to be between $10 million and $27.5 million. The...
E*Trade Financial Corp has announced that it will settle SEC allegations that two of its brokerage firms, E*Trade Clearing LLC and E*Trade Securities LLC, were involved in money laundering. The SEC alleged that from October 2003 to June 2005...
The AT&T Pension Plan has announced an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit filed in 2003 under which the AT&T Pension Plan will pay a total of $16 million to settle a claim that it miscalculated the pension benefits owed to some non-bargained...
The Health insurer Health Net Inc, has reached a settlement in three class action lawsuits, which will result in payments of $215 million, and $40 million in improvements in its business practices. The lawsuits alleged that the insurer...
Trilegiant has agreed to settle a nationwide class action for $25 million. The lawsuit had claimed that Trilegiant had billed and collected unauthorized charges from consumers for products or memberships that consumers never requested or consented...
Twelve years after filing suits against DuPont for Benlate-related birth defects, two families have won confidential payouts. The families had alleged that the fungicide, which is no longer on the market, caused birth defects in their children...
There is a proposed Settlement of class action lawsuits known as Pet Food Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1850, Civil Action No. 07-2867 (NLH) (All Cases) that are pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and...
A multi-national notification program has begun, as ordered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to alert investors, brokers, financial institutions, and other nominees who bought the common stock and/or bonds...