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The U.S. Justice Department agreed on March 25, 2026, to pay approximately $1.2 million to Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, to settle a lawsuit Flynn filed in 2023 claiming he was maliciously prosecuted as part of the FBI’s Russia investigation. Court papers filed Wednesday do not reveal the settlement amount, but a…
The City of St. Louis agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class action lawsuit — Cody et al. v. City of St. Louis — that accused the city of holding detainees in unconstitutional and inhumane conditions at the Medium Security Institution (MSI), commonly known as the Workhouse. Plaintiffs claimed that individuals held at…
Discover Products Inc. and Discover Financial Services agreed to pay $15 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by hourly call center employees who say they were never compensated for the time they spent logging into and out of computer systems before and after their shifts. The case is Harris et al. v. Discover…
If you ever wrote a check at Walmart and later got hit with multiple bank fees you didn’t expect, this settlement is about you. Walmart Inc. agreed to settle a class action lawsuit — Morris v. Walmart Inc. — that accused Walmart and its check processor TeleCheck of failing to warn customers that a single…
A proposed class action settlement has been reached with SouthState Bank, N.A., over unauthorized access to the bank’s computer network on February 7, 2024, that potentially exposed current and former customers’ private information — including names, dates of birth, addresses, telephone numbers, financial account numbers, and Social Security numbers. If you received a notice from…
A jury found Meta liable on all counts, including for willfully engaging in “unfair and deceptive” and “unconscionable” trade practices, and ordered the company to pay $375 million in damages. The jury ordered Meta to pay the maximum penalty under the law — $5,000 per violation — totaling $375 million in civil penalties for violating…
An Illinois federal judge gave final approval on March 24, 2026 to a $5.7 million settlement accusing Cigna of improperly advertising out-of-network providers as in-network for certain benefit plans it administered. If you had a Cigna LocalPlus plan and got hit with a surprise balance bill from a provider Cigna told you was in-network, you…
Chicago-area budtenders filed a proposed class action accusing EarthMed LLC of unlawfully taking tips meant for them and giving the money to managers and supervisors. The two sides reached a $250,000 settlement, and budtenders are now asking a federal judge to approve the deal. If you worked as a budtender at an EarthMed dispensary in…
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has allowed Ligado Networks to proceed with its $39 billion lawsuit against the federal government, marking a significant development in a long-standing dispute over 5G spectrum usage and property rights. Ligado says the Pentagon secretly used its licensed airwaves without paying for them, then ran a public disinformation campaign…