An up-to-date list of class action settlements. Are you owed money? Claim today!
PSA: If you live in the US, go through these class action settlements and see if you're eligible to claim some money.
A lot of you will be! It's unlikely to be a lot of money, but it's always a good idea to take money from corporations.
For people who aren't sure what class action lawsuits are, or are worried that they're scams:
The United States doesn't really do much about it when big companies cause problems. When a corporation in the US does something that harms thousands of people, like:
* sell something dangerous or lie about what they're selling
* steal from their customers or employees
* leak their customers' or employees' private information
...usually, the executive branch of the federal government doesn't go out of its way to help the people affected, or even to punish the company. Congress (the legislative branch) is even less likely to help.
So, what sometimes happens instead is that the third branch of the government, the judicial branch, ends up getting involved. Some of the people affected by the company's actions will go to lawyers, who will file a "class action" suit on behalf of them and everyone else in the same boat. The people harmed by the company are called the "class."
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This is done because all of these people have pretty much the same problem with the same company - so, rather than filing thousands of cases and bogging down the court system, they just file one really, really big one.
Sometimes, the lawyers can get a list of the names and even addresses of everyone in the class - the Equifax data leak was like that. When that happens, they can just add all those people to the class and send them an email or letter explaining the situation.**
But usually, that's not possible. When a cereal company sells cereal with sawdust in it all over the country, there's no way to get a list of everyone who ever bought it. Instead, the lawyers have to make a public announcement that the lawsuit is happening, and wait for the class members to send them their contact information.
This is frustrating, because in my experience, most of the class members never find out about the lawsuit in the first place. It's especially a problem for younger people without TVs, since most people find out about these suits via news coverage or televised PSAs.
* (Not all lawyers will do class action suits: they're complicated, they take years, they tend to require a lot of staff and a lot of money, and a many judges hate them and hold grudges against lawyers who file them.)
** (Not that it's not always going to get to them! People move and change their mailing addresses, obviously, and Gmail has a REALLY ugly history of classifying these notices as spam. (It's a good idea to check your spam folder regularly.))
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Class action settlements December: This month, consumers have a chance to receive compensation as ten major class action settlements reach their conclusion. Eligible customers can claim payouts for a range of issues, from data breaches to faulty products, involving brands such as HelloFresh, AARP, Jaguar Land Rover, AT&T, PetSafe, TreeHouse Foods, Arhaus, Landmark Admin, TransUnion, and Infosys…
This past Friday officials from Linkedin made an announcement that they have agreed to pay some of their users who used the “Add Connections” feature between Sept. 17, 2011 and Oct. 31, 2014 a sum of up to $1500 each in order to settle a lawsuit that claims they were sending out too many emails and spamming people.
One of the easiest ways to find people you know on Linkedin was to use their “Add Connections” feature, which involved linking your address book with Linkedin, letting it compare the emails in your contacts to their database to see who was all ready a member of Linkedin, and then allowed you to click to add them and sent them an email asking them to connect with you.
If the person were to never respond to that email though, it would send them another email, and then one more on top of that after some more time had passed. The lawsuit came about when some people got together and claimed that as a Linkedin member they had agreed to let the site use their address book to find people, and send one email on their behalf, but not the additional follow up attempt emails. This small annoyance ended up warranting such a large lawsuit.
If you were or still are a Linkedin member, were active between September 17th, 2011 and October 31st, 2014 and remember using their “Add Connections” feature you should head on over to this website to submit your claim. Linkedin has agree’d to pay out $13 million dollars and depending on how many people file legitimate claims that will determine how much each person actually ends up getting, up to a max of $1500, and a minimum of $10.
If there are so many legit claims and the money is not able to be divided into at least equal $10 shares Linkedin will add another $750k to the pot. They’ve also paid 3 and a quarter million dollars in court costs and legal fees.
If you did not receive the following email or missed it but still believe you are entitled to a share of the lawsuit money instructions on how to claim yours are below.
First head to the settlement site and read over the briefing and perhaps the FAQ as well to determine if you even are actually entitled to this compensation.
Next click on “File Claim” and then head to your email.
From the email they sent you copy your claim ID number (near the top of the email) and paste it into the site to log in.
Fill out all of your information and make sure to actually read the terms and conditions (For example if you didn’t actually use the feature, if you submit a false claim thats like comitting perjury) then select how you would like to receive payment.
Now just wait. You are able to send in submissions until December 14th and they are still awaiting the courts final approval of the settlement. There’s also the possibility that Linkedin will appeal the ruling, which would result in delaying the payments even further.
Do you qualify for this lawsuit’s compensation? Let us know how you feel about Linkedin “spamming” it’s users in the comment section below!
