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ConnectAmerica.com, LLC has agreed to a settlement of up to $4 million over claims that it placed prerecorded calls to cell phones without permission. The case is Felix v. ConnectAmerica.com, LLC, Case No. GD-26-007931, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Payment is not automatic. You must submit a valid claim form…
Investors who purchased or acquired The Beauty Health Company (“BeautyHealth”) common stock or call options, or sold or otherwise disposed of put options, between May 10, 2022 and November 13, 2023, inclusive, may be eligible for a share of an $18 million cash settlement. The company, now named SkinHealth Systems Inc., traded on Nasdaq under…
A federal bankruptcy judge in New Jersey has approved a $535 million settlement involving former talc supplier Whittaker, Clark & Daniels Inc. (WCD), Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance affiliate National Indemnity Company (NICO), Brenntag-related entities and Deutsche Bahn-related (DBUS) entities. The approval came despite objections from representatives of people who allege asbestos-contaminated talc caused mesothelioma and other…
Michigan attorney Gregory J. Rohl has been disbarred, effective October 1, 2026, after entering no-contest pleas in a professional disciplinary proceeding involving $659,821.44 in court-ordered distributions from a wrongful-death settlement. The money was intended for the surviving children of Lilliana Kerr, a 3-year-old girl killed in a 2017 preschool accident in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. The…
Former Skechers shareholders are suing over the footwear company’s $9.4 billion take-private acquisition by 3G Capital, alleging that misleading disclosures and a flawed sale process caused investors to sell their shares at an artificially depressed price. The lawsuit, SM Merger/Arbitrage, L.P. v. Skechers U.S.A., Inc., et al., No. 2:26-cv-12327, was filed on October 21, 2026,…
Louisiana has agreed to accept approximately $350 million from BP now instead of collecting $373 million over the next seven years, giving up about $23 million in nominal future payments in exchange for earlier access to the money. Announced on October 23, 2026, the agreement was signed by Governor Jeff Landry, Attorney General Liz Murrill…
Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice has approved a C$150 million settlement with Aviva Insurance Company of Canada over business interruption insurance claims tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. Justice E.M. Morgan approved it on October 16, 2026, ending the main phase of a lawsuit that began in July 2020. It covers a certified national class of…
Herbert Leon “Herb” Kimble, 60, of Chicago, was sentenced on October 26, 2026, to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States and failure to appear, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina. U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson Jr. imposed 240 months, followed by three…
Erica Lynn Sayre, 45, and her husband, Clifford Gale Sayre, 46, both of Evans, West Virginia, were each charged with six felony counts after the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office announced an investigation into allegations of years of physical and emotional abuse involving three children. Sheriff Ross Mellinger announced the charges on October 26, 2026, and…