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Last updated: October 7, 2026 Dallas County has approved a $1,500,000 full-and-final settlement with the family and estate of Spencer Wayne Swearnger, resolving a federal lawsuit over his death after he was held at the Dallas County Jail. The Dallas County Commissioners Court approved the settlement on October 6, 2026, according to the county’s official…
On September 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Accenture Federal Services (AFS), Accenture plc and Accenture LLP agreed to pay the United States $25,000,000 to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations. The government alleged that AFS certified compliance with anti-discrimination requirements in its federal contracts while taking race or sex into account…
If your personal information was compromised in the December 2024 Lands’ End data incident, you may be able to claim two years of CyEx Financial Shield Complete credit monitoring plus one of two cash options: an expected $60.00 payment with no proof of loss, or up to $5,000.00 for documented out-of-pocket losses. The claim deadline…
A former Macy’s employee has filed a putative class action in federal court accusing Macy’s, Inc. and three Aon-affiliated brokerage companies of allowing allegedly excessive commissions to be taken from premiums that employees paid for supplemental insurance. Published summaries of the complaint say about $13.2 million in commissions and fees was collected from roughly $36.1…
On October 1, 2026, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that ABC Trading Inc. of Vernon, California is recalling about 37,000 Squishy Dumpling Toys (model 3655) and Crazy Squib Ball Toys (model 3984). CPSC says the water beads inside the toys expand larger than the mandatory federal toy safety standard permits, creating a…
A New York justice has upheld a $10 million jury award for past pain and suffering in Widercrantz v. American Biltrite Inc., Index No. 190118/2024, an asbestos case in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County. Mealey’s reported the ruling on October 5, 2026, citing a notice of ruling the…
If you clocked in with a fingerprint or partial handprint scan while working for ITS Technologies & Logistics, LLC in Illinois, you may be eligible for money from a proposed $925,000 class action settlement. The settlement website estimates a payment of about $964.48 per eligible class member, but only people who submit a valid claim…
If you applied for a job with Emerald City Pizza LLC in Washington State at any point from January 1, 2023 through September 2, 2026, and the job posting left out the pay range and benefits, you may be owed money from a $376,000 class action settlement. The lawsuit, Okyeremah Nyannor v. Emerald City Pizza…
If American Renal Management LLC, which operates as Innovative Renal Care (IRC), sent you a notice about a 2024 data breach, you may be able to claim benefits from a proposed $900,000 class action settlement. You can claim an estimated $100 cash payment (not guaranteed), up to $5,000 for documented losses, and two years of…