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.
New York, NY: (Aug-08-07) A shareholder lawsuit was brought against CVS Caremark Corp., alleging that the company engaged in stock-options backdating. Caremark Rx, a major pharmacy benefits manager that drug-store chain CVS acquired in March 2007...
Pittsburgh, PA: (Aug-07-07) A class action lawsuit was brought against Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse, a North Shore restaurant, accusing it of failing to mask credit card information on customer receipts. Hyde Park was sued in April 2007, along with...
San Francisco, CA: (Aug-06-07) Over 1,200 African American and Latino financial advisors and registered financial advisor trainees brought a class action lawsuit against their employer Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, alleging that the company...
Fremont, CA: (Aug-03-07) A class action lawsuit was brought against ESS Technology and certain of its officers and directors in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. On July 27, 2007, US District Judge Ronald...
Hazelton, PA: (Aug-06-07) A federal class action lawsuit was brought against Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. by its former and current employees who alleged that they were not paid for all the hours they worked. In March 2006, seven people employed...
Dallas, TX: (Aug-03-07) A class action lawsuit was brought against Chicago-based Rewards Network Inc., accusing it of running a loan sharking scheme by structuring deals that had in some cases, restaurants paying an annual interest rate of 419%...
Newark, NJ: (Aug-03-07) A shareholder securities class action lawsuit was brought against PharmaNet Development Group, Inc. The suit was filed in 2005 and reached a settlement, when the company agreed to pay the class members $28.5 million in...
New York, NY: (Aug-02-07) A class action lawsuit was brought against diamond giant De Beers. The action stemmed from five separate lawsuits that were filed against the company. The suit alleged the company was in violation of the Sherman Act by...
Texarkana, AR: (Aug-02-07) A series of class action lawsuits have been filed against Computer Sciences Corp., alleging that a colossal amount of insurance companies have used or currently use Computer Science's software program Colossus to...
Washington, DC: (Jul-31-07) A class action lawsuit was brought against the District of Columbia by more than 100 peaceful demonstrators who were unlawfully trapped and arrested by DC police on September 27, 2002. The plaintiffs alleged that they...