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If a CookUnity email ever pushed you to order fast because a deal was “ending,” you weren’t imagining the pressure. A putative class action, Wildman v. CookUnity Inc., No. 26-2-15588-7 SEA, was filed in King County Superior Court in Washington. It claims the company’s email headlines gave a false picture. Here’s what that means for…
A New Jersey appellate panel has vacated trial-court orders enforcing a $600,000 personal injury settlement, sending the dispute back to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing over whether an attorney representing one of the settling defendants actually had authority to agree to the deal. Is There a Claim Form or Deadline? No. The September…
Alexander v. Trader Joe’s Company, No. 1:26-cv-11329, is a putative class action over labels that say no sugar or zero sugar on food that contains allulose. If you bought “sugar-free” snacks and later wondered what was in them, you weren’t imagining it. PIM Brands, the company behind Welch’s snacks, faces similar suits. Here’s what that…
Hawaii has joined 43 other states and the District of Columbia in a $2,287,455 multistate settlement with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Labcorp) over a 2019 data breach involving its former debt-collection vendor, American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). The amount is $2,287,455, about $2.3 million. The agreement does not create a new consumer settlement fund…
If Equifax sent you a notice, an estimated $95 to $280 may be waiting for you. Equifax agreed to pay $100,000,000 to settle claims that a 2022 coding error skewed credit data sent to lenders. Here’s how to file an Equifax settlement claim in In re Equifax Fair Credit Reporting Act Litigation, No. 1:22-cv-3072-LMM-CCB. The…
Former Missouri Department of Transportation worker Michael Brown has rejected a reported $100,000 settlement offer in his workers’ compensation dispute stemming from the November 18, 2021 crash that killed two of his coworkers and left him with serious, permanent injuries. Is There a Claim Form or Deadline? No. The $100,000 figure is not an approved…
[UPDATED September 30, 2026 — Added attorney-fee and cost figures, class size and notice results, a fund-math section, mailing-deadline guidance and an expanded key dates table. Sections updated: Attorney Fees, Opt-Out and Objection, Key Dates, FAQ.] ⚠️ 21 days left to file a claim (October 21, 2026). The opt-out and objection deadline is 6 days…
The City of Buffalo may pay $4.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by the estate of Jose Hernandez-Rossy, who was fatally shot by Buffalo police officer Justin Tedesco on May 7, 2017. There is no public claim form, settlement website, claims deadline or eligibility requirement for this settlement. This is an individual federal…
The family of Marcos Alcaraz, a 35-year-old man who died in a cell fire at Eastern Correctional Facility in Ulster County, New York, has filed a $50 million notice of intention to sue the State of New York. His sister, Francheska Alcaraz, filed it on September 28, 2026, through the civil rights firm Beldock Levine…