Lawsuits

California mortgage borrowers who entered COVID-19 forbearance with Wells Fargo and had their accounts wrongly reported to credit bureaus as “in forbearance” are entitled to automatic cash payments from a $56,850,000 settlement. No claim form is required. Checks will be mailed automatically after the final approval hearing on April 17, 2026. The deadline to object…

A federal judge in Chicago dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit on February 17, 2026, that accused Buffalo Wild Wings of deceiving customers by selling “boneless wings” made from chicken breast rather than actual wing meat. The judge ruled that no reasonable consumer is fooled by the name — and delivered his verdict in one…

A Los Angeles jury awarded Roland Esparza, 58, a unanimous $25 million verdict on February 4, 2026, after finding that Conagra Brands failed to warn consumers about the dangers of inhaling fumes from butter-flavored Pam cooking spray. Esparza now lives on a 24-hour oxygen supply and is awaiting a double lung transplant. Conagra says it…

Quick Facts What Is a Class Action Settlement? A class action settlement is a legal agreement that resolves a lawsuit brought on behalf of a large group of consumers who experienced the same harm from a company. When a company settles, it creates a fund to pay eligible consumers — without any admission of wrongdoing….

The TurboTax multistate settlement with Intuit is fully approved and paid out. Intuit paid $141 million to roughly 4.4 million consumers who were charged for tax filing in 2016, 2017, or 2018 despite qualifying for the free IRS Free File program. Most checks were mailed in May–June 2023. No new claim form exists for this…

If you are a veteran or military servicemember who used Veterans United Home Loans to buy a home since January 1, 2020 — you need to read this. A major class action lawsuit filed February 18, 2026 accuses Veterans United of two things that should make every veteran’s blood boil: pretending to be part of…

The Apple $95 million Siri privacy settlement — formally Lopez et al. v. Apple Inc. — has closed. The claim deadline was July 2, 2025, and payments were distributed between January 23–26, 2026. If you filed a claim before the deadline, your payment has already been sent. If you did not file, no extensions exist…

California residents who received a debt collection letter from Midland Credit Management about a Capital One debt between September 12, 2018, and August 22, 2022, may qualify for a cash payment from a $318,000 class action settlement. No claim form is required — eligible class members simply select a payment method at mcmsettlement.com. The opt-out…

Canadian rapper and singer bbno$ received a formal legal notice from Blizzard Entertainment on February 18, 2026, demanding the removal of Diablo-themed content from his personal website. The artist temporarily took his site offline and publicly confirmed the dispute on social media. No court case has been filed as of this article’s publication date. This…