Legal News

The Acadia Healthcare securities class action settlement is a finally approved $179,000,000 agreement resolving investor allegations that Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACHC) made materially false and misleading statements about the quality of its patient care, staffing, regulatory compliance, and the financial performance of its United Kingdom operations — causing its stock to trade at…

The Sun Life MetLife class action settlement is a proposed $213.5 million agreement where eligible Canadians who held universal life insurance policies originally sold by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) between 1987 and 1998 may be entitled to compensation — and are encouraged to register their information now at sunlifeclassaction.com while the settlement awaits court…

The Modern Nuclear Inc. settlement is a $8,334,350.71 False Claims Act agreement where a California mobile PET scan company agreed to pay the U.S. government after allegedly paying illegal kickbacks to referring cardiologists — fees disguised as supervision payments — to steer Medicare and TRICARE patients toward its services between September 1, 2016 and January…

The Google Play $700,000,000 antitrust settlement is a finally approved class action agreement where eligible U.S. consumers who made purchases on the Google Play Store between August 16, 2016 and September 30, 2023 will receive an automatic payment of at least $2 — with higher amounts for heavier spenders — delivered through PayPal or Venmo…

The New York Archdiocese sex abuse settlement is a proposed $800,000,000 agreement to resolve approximately 1,300 claims filed by survivors of clergy sexual abuse under New York’s Child Victims Act, with each claimant offered approximately $250,000 and the settlement requiring full survivor agreement before it can be finalized. The proposal was announced May 1, 2026,…

The Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas settlement is a $125,000,000 agreement with the Illinois Attorney General where over one million northeastern Illinois natural gas customers will receive automatic bill credits starting in 2026 — no claim form required — pending approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission. The settlement resolves allegations that both utilities charged…

The Google Play auto-renewal settlement is a $5,000,000 class action agreement where eligible California residents who paid for a Google Play subscription renewal between May 30, 2014 and October 27, 2019 will receive an automatic payment — no claim form required — with a final approval hearing set for July 23, 2026. Google denied wrongdoing…