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Walmart Offers $27 Million Settlement In Netflix Class-Action Suit
By Marc Perton on November 16, 2011 5:30 PM
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If you've received an email saying you're entitled to make a claim in a class-action lawsuit against Netflix and Walmart, don't toss it. Walmart has thrown in the towel and is offering to settle with customers who sued the retail giant and Netflix after the two companies made a deal to promote each other's DVD businesses. More »
Verizon Class Action Settlement: Get Refunds For Accidentally Pressing "Get It Now" Button
By Ben Popken on November 4, 2011 2:00 PM
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If Verizon "erroneously" charged you for accidentally pressing the "Get it Now" or "Mobile Web" buttons on your phone, you can file for a refund, thanks to a recent class action settlement. More »
Big Dairy Accused Of Pricefixing Milk By Paying For Cows To Be Killed
By Ben Popken on October 18, 2011 3:00 PM
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A new class action lawsuit accuses several dairy industry juggernauts of paying mainly small farmers to send their entire herds to the slaughterhouse in order to reduce the supply of milk and jack up milk prices. More »
Get $12 In Chase Credit Card Balance Transfer Class Action
By Ben Popken on October 17, 2011 3:00 PM
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You can file to get $12 because of a settlement in a class action lawsuit against Chase which alleged the bank enticed customers with promo interest rates on balance transfers, but then didn't do a good enough job of telling them when the rates would expire. More »
Get $3.99 In Oprah Free KFC Coupon Debacle Lawsuit
By Ben Popken on September 12, 2011 1:00 PM
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Two years ago, Oprah promoted on her show a KFC coupon for a free grilled chicken meal. Now the class action lawsuit the resulted after that ended in tears has settled. More »
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Guy Files Class Action Against Hilton For Charging Him 75 Cents For Newspaper He Didn't Ask For
By Ben Popken on August 1, 2011 1:00 PM
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A man has decided to turn a minor annoyance, getting a newspaper at your hotel room door and getting charged for it, into a class action lawsuit. More »
Get $15, $30, Or $60 In Chase Credit Card "Payment Protection" Class Action
By Ben Popken on July 28, 2011 3:00 PM
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You're eligible to claim cash if you had a Chase credit card and got charged for a payment protection product between Sept 2, 2004 and Nov 11, 2010, thanks to a recent class action settlement. More »
Get Free Minutes In Verizon Wireless Class Action
By Ben Popken on July 21, 2011 1:00 PM
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A class action suit that alleged Verizon Wireless charged customers on the "America's Choice II Calling Plan" for roaming, even though the plan is supposed to have no domestic roaming, has resulted in a settlement. If you were a subscriber to this plan at any point after February 21, 2005, you're gonna get some free minutes. More »
Lowes Ups Stinky Drywall Settlement From $4,500 To $100,000
By Ben Popken on March 25, 2011 5:00 PM
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Remember those stories about the drywall sold and installed by big American chains that turned out to be contaminated by noxious sulfur smells? Well, now Lowe's has upped its max payout for affected homeowners from a max of $4,500 in cash and gift cards to $100,000. Replacing the amount of appliances and other possessions irreversibly tainted by the horrid smell can easily reach that one-hundred grand mark so this is a step in the right direction, and lays bare how paltry Lowe's initial offer was. It's just business, baby, stinky, stinky, business. More »
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Get $150 In Dell Inspiron "Deceptively Designed" Class Action
By Ben Popken on March 3, 2011 4:00 PM
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A class action lawsuit claims Dell "deceptively designed" its Inspiron laptop series to have "1) inadequate cooling systems, (2) a power supply system that prematurely fails when used as intended, and (3) motherboards that prematurely fail when used as intended." If you had one of these laptops and paid Dell for a repair, you could be eligible for a $150 payout. More »
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"Shocked" That It's Not Healthy, Mother Sues Nutella
By Ben Popken on February 7, 2011 1:00 PM
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A mother of a four-year old child has filed a class action lawsuit against delicious hazelnut spread Nutella. In her complaint, the mother says she was as "shocked to learn" from her friends "that Nutella was in fact not a 'healthy,' 'nutritious' food," as advertised, "but was instead the next best thing to a candy bar." More »
Pay Movers A Fuel Surcharge Fee? Get Money Back
By Ben Popken on January 7, 2011 12:00 PM
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If you hired movers and paid a fuel surcharge fee, you could be up for getting some cash back in a recent class action action. More »
Get Up To $175 In The Clorox Bowl Cleaner Class Action
By Ben Popken on December 6, 2010 12:00 PM
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You can get up to $175 if you bought, used, or suffered property damage from using Clorox Automatic Toilet Bowl cleaners, thanks to a class action settlement. More »
Google Settles Buzz Lawsuit For $8.5 Million; You Don't Get Any Of It
By Chris Walters on September 6, 2010 12:30 PM
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Hey, remember when Google signed everyone up for Buzz without asking and revealed their private contact lists? The company has now settled a class action lawsuit brought by seven Gmail users. The BBC says that 30% will go to the legal team, while each of those seven users will get $2,500. The rest will not be turned into Google stickers or free AdSense ads for you, but instead will be "shared among organisations that promote online privacy." More »
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Lowe's Proposes To Settle Sulfur-Spewing Drywall Claims With Piddly Gift Cards
By Ben Popken on August 12, 2010 5:00 PM
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Lowe's is proposing to settle in the tainted drywall class action lawsuit with gift cards. The gift cards will be $50, $250, or $2000. Never mind those who entire homes, way of life, and most of their possessions and electronics ruined or contaminated by the sulfur-emitting drywall. Here, how about a discount on a new showerhead? More »
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Sign Up For MSN Internet At Best Buy? You Could Get $75
By Ben Popken on August 5, 2010 1:00 PM
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If you signed up for MSN Internet at Best Buy between 1999 and 2004, you could be entitled to up to $75. More »
Fruit Roll-Ups Sued For Allegedly Not Actually Being Healthy
By Meg Marco on June 30, 2010 2:45 PM
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A Brooklyn, NY woman is suing General Mills for allegedly misleading consumers about Fruit Roll-Ups. She claims they are not quite as healthful as the packaging would like you to believe because they contain partially hydrogenated oil. More »
Lawsuit: Land O'Lakes Must Pay $25 Million For Massive Egg Price-Fixing Conspiracy
By Laura Northrup on June 9, 2010 11:10 AM
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A recent class-action lawsuit against Land O'Lakes alleges that the farmers' co-operative was part of a price-fixing conspiracy within the the ovo-industrial complex to keep egg prices artificially high. According to court documents, conspirators worked toward having fewer total hens laying in the United States, leading to more money per egg for everyone, and a nice violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. More »
Join The Class Action Against AT&T's Slothly DSL Speeds
By Ben Popken on March 11, 2010 10:06 AM
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A class action has been filed against AT&T DSL for being too slow. Specifically, the suit alleges that AT&T set the maximum rate customers could get at a level that was lower than the advertised rate. The company denies these claims but has opted to settle instead of going to court. You're eligible to join if... More »
Dating Site eHarmony Settles Same-Sex Class Action For $2 Million
By Chris Walters on January 27, 2010 2:24 PM
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In 2008, eHarmony responded to complaints that it wasn't serving gay and lesbian customers by setting up a second website, Compatible Partners, and keeping those customers separate from the official site. Some users sued the company, saying anyone with bisexual interests were being forced to pay twice for the same service. Now eHarmony has settled the class action and will allow members of either site to participate on the other one without having to pay a second time. More »
