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What’s the AT&T Settlement About? AT&T agreed to pay $177 million to settle class action lawsuits over two separate 2024 data breaches that exposed personal information of approximately 73 million current and former customers. Eligible customers can receive up to $7,500—$5,000 for the March 2024 breach and $2,500 for the July 2024 breach—depending on which…

What’s the Amazon Prime Settlement About? The Federal Trade Commission secured a historic $2.5 billion settlement with Amazon in September 2025 after alleging the company used “dark patterns”—manipulative design tricks—to enroll tens of millions of consumers in Prime subscriptions without their consent and then made canceling nearly impossible. The settlement includes $1 billion in penalties…

What’s the Pepsi-Walmart Lawsuit About? Three consumers—Martin Gelbspan, Aaron Hinds, and Alexander Govea—filed a class action lawsuit on December 15, 2025, in federal court alleging Pepsi and Walmart conspired in a price-fixing scheme lasting nearly a decade. The lawsuit claims Pepsi sold products to Walmart at wholesale prices lower than competitors, forcing shoppers at other…

Rust-Oleum faces new false advertising lawsuits filed in November 2024 alleging its ‘2X Coverage’ spray paint doesn’t provide twice the coverage as claimed, despite a 2017 settlement where consumers received only $3-$6 each. The new lawsuit (Andreozzi v. Rust-Oleum, Case No. 1:24-cv-11710, N.D. Illinois) seeks damages after the company allegedly generated over $1 billion from…

Mountain West Food Group recalled 2,855 pounds of Forward Farms grass-fed ground beef (16-oz vacuum-sealed packages with “USE OR FREEZE BY 01/13/26 EST 2083”) sold in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Washington due to E. coli O26 contamination. If you have this product, throw it away immediately or return it. Do not eat it—E….

Amazon faces multiple class action lawsuits alleging the company systematically overcharges sales tax on purchases made through its marketplace. The most recent lawsuit claims Amazon overcharges sales tax by 0.25% on third-party seller transactions shipped to Tennessee addresses, continuing to collect excessive tax even after being notified by customers.  Earlier lawsuits allege Amazon improperly charged…

Nike faces multiple class action lawsuits alleging the company installs tracking software on website visitors’ browsers without consent, ignores Global Privacy Control signals requesting no tracking, and shares personal data with third parties including TikTok, Google, Meta, and The Trade Desk. The lawsuits claim Nike violates California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), Florida privacy laws,…

A new class action lawsuit alleges Supergoop falsely markets its “mineral” sunscreen products as containing only mineral or natural ingredients when they actually contain synthetic, chemically processed ingredients. The lawsuit targets products marketed with claims like “100% non-nano-minerals” and “mineral SPF protection,” including (Re)setting 100% Mineral SPF 25, Bright-Eyed 100% Mineral Eye Cream SPF 40,…