“The Volkswagen Group will pay out a share of $93million to around 91,000 drivers in England and Wales following a high-profile lawsuit relating to the ‘Dieselgate’ scandal. These drivers were to be represented in court by a consortium of law firms, but the claim has been settled out of court. The settlement,” reports Car Buyer in their blog.

“It works out at about £2,100 each for owners of Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT and Skoda cars that are part of the claim. However, proportions of the settlement may be allocated differently – it depends what has been agreed with the solicitors. The Dieselgate scandal involved VW fitting ‘defeat devices’ to its cars to pass stringent US emissions tests.”

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“The companies, among them Mowi, SalMar, Lerøy and Grieg, continue to insist there is no basis for the US allegations, dating back three years, which they say are entirely unsubstantiated. The settlement, equivalent to (£67.6m or NOK 815m) remains subject to the approval of the court in,” reports Vince McDonagh in Fish Farmer.

“The saga began in 2019 when the European Commission said it suspected price collusion and raided a number of Norwegian-owned salmon farms in Scotland, but this has not so far led to legal action on the Commission’s part. The US case was then brought by seafood distributor Euclid Fish Company, together with a number of other American.”

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“The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against Detroit-based EIA All Weather Alpha Fund I Partners LLC (EIA) and its sole owner, Andrew M. Middlebrooks, for allegedly engaging in a multi-year scheme that included the misappropriation and misuse of investors’ funds,” reports US Securities & Exchange Commission in their Press Release.

“To halt this alleged ongoing fraud, the SEC sought, and on May 19, 2022 obtained, emergency relief from the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan, including a temporary restraining order against EIA and Middlebrooks and an asset freeze against the defendants and named relief defendants.”

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“The NFL agreed to pay $790 million in November to end a legal dispute over the Rams’ relocation from St. Louis to Los Angeles back in 2016. The amount is the most the NFL has ever paid to settle litigation, and details about where the money came from are now starting to emerge. Filed in 2017 by,” reports Abigail Gentrup in Front Office Sports.

“The St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority, the lawsuit alleged the league broke its own relocation rules when the Rams moved. Rams owner Stan Kroenke agree to inmdenify the league before other NFL owners approved the team’s move in 2016, but wavered on his promises shortly before the trial started.”

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“Five plaintiffs’ firms are seeking $88 million in legal fees for their lead roles in a $264 million class action antitrust settlement in a case that alleged Viatris Inc, the drugmaker formerly known as Mylan, maneuvered to delay generic competition to the EpiPen allergy treatment. The firms Sharp Law, Keller Rohrback,” reports Reuters in their blog.

“Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd; Pritzker Levine; and Burns Charest — on Friday asked a U.S. federal court judge in Kansas to grant final approval of the settlement with Mylan, which was sued over its marketing strategy for the life-saving EpiPen auto-injection device. A preliminary deal was announced in February shortly before the start.”

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“Solara Medical Supplies has agreed to a $9.76 million class action settlement benefiting employees whose personal information may have been compromised during a 2019 data breach. The class includes anyone residing in the United States or its territories and who was notified by Solara in November,” reports Top Class Actions in their blog.

“The data breach that occurred between April 2 and June 20, 2019. Solara Medical Supplies provides products and services to help people manage their diabetes, including glucose monitors and insulin pumps, according to the company’s website. Plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit claimed Solara Medical Supplies is responsible for the breach.”

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“Central Payment Co. has agreed to an $84 million settlement resolving claims it misrepresented and improperly added fees for its card-processing services. The class is made up of current and former Central Payment customers who, between Jan. 1, 2010, and Oct. 31, 2020, were assessed the TSSNF,” reports Top Class Actions in their blog.

“They had their contractual credit card discount rates increased above their contractual rate by the company; and for whom the company shifted their credit card transactions from lower-cost rate tiers to higher-cost tiers. Central Payment Co., based in California, provides services related to transaction processing, and also offers ATMs.”

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“On May 12, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia preliminarily approved a nearly $500 million class action settlement resolving allegations that tribal online lending companies charged usurious interest rates. Plaintiffs’ filings outline their class action against tribal entities, as well as several,” reports Lexology in their blog.

“The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit previously upheld a district court’s denial of defendants’ bid to dismiss or compel arbitration in the case (covered by InfoBytes here). The 4th Circuit concluded that the arbitration clauses in the loan agreements impermissibly forced borrowers to waive their federal substantive rights under.”

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“H&M will pay $36 million to settle accusations that the fashion retailer illegally kept millions of dollars in gift cards that customers never used, New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Thursday. The Swedish company, whose full name is H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, will pay $28.26 million to,” reports Jonathan Stempel in Reuters.

“James said H&M had since 2008 unlawfully kept at least $18.4 million in unused gift card balances in its own bank accounts, instead of transferring them to the state’s Abandoned Property Fund. New York law requires gift card issuers to turn over unused card balances to the fund after five years of inactivity. James also said H&M repeatedly.”

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“Facebook users in Illinois who applied to collect a settlement stemming from a class action lawsuit could see their payment any day now. According to the settlement administrator, paper checks and electronic payments began going out on May 9. The lawsuit was filed over Facebook’s collection and storing of,” reports ABC 7 News in their blog.

“The Biometric data of Illinois users without proper consent. As part of the $650 million settlement, claimants will receive payments of between $200-$400. Those covered by the settlement include Facebook users located in Illinois for whom Facebook created and stored a face template after June 7, 2011. Claimants must have been a resident.”

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“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Sunday that Congress will take action on the baby formula shortage plaguing states throughout the country. The House is considering two pieces of legislation: first, a bill introduced by Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., chair of the Education and Labor Committee, to “loosen some of the red tape,” connected to how people can purchase formula. Pelosi told CNN that half of the formula is bought by WIC recipients,” reports Chelsey Cox in USA Today.

“The second bill is being put together by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., that will allow the U.S. to purchase formula from overseas. Mexico, Chile, Ireland and the Netherlands have a formula supply on hand that may be immediately available, Pelosi told ABC News Sunday.”

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“Online payday loan companies that charged as much as 919% interest will spend $489 million to reimburse some 555,000 borrowers, to settle a class action lawsuit filed by eight Virginians. The lawsuit alleged that Golden Valley Lending; Silver Cloud Financial, Inc. Mountain Summit Financial, Inc. and,” reports Dave Ress in Daily Press.

“Majestic Lake Financial, Inc. all formed under the laws of the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake tribe in California, violated federal racketeering laws as well as Virginia’s usury and consumer finance licensing laws. It also leveled the same charges against three Kansas City, Missouri, businessmen, whose firms processed the loans, put up the.”

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“The trustee overseeing the dissolution of defunct law firm Le Clair Ryan has reached a $21 million settlement to resolve her claims that the firm’s joint venture with alternative legal services company United Lex hastened its demise, according to a court transcript in the case. A lawyer for court-appointed,” reports Sara Merken in Reuters.

“Chapter 7 trustee Lynn Tavenner described the details of the agreement during an April 19 hearing before a bankruptcy judge in Richmond, Virginia. The proposed settlement agreement has not been formally entered into the court docket as of Monday. There is a hearing scheduled for May 25 on a request to restrict public access.”

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“Capital One will pay $190 million to resolve claims it jeopardized customer information in a 2019 data breach. The settlement benefits around 98 million Capital One customers whose information was compromised as part of the 2019 data breach. Capital One offers a variety of financial services to,” reports Top Class Actions in their blog.

“However, according to the bank, its customers were targeted in a 2019 Data Breach. In July 2019, Capital One informed its customers that millions of them had their information compromised when a third party accessed bank systems. Although the perpetrator was captured by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), sensitive information.”

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“The Surfside collapse litigation reached an almost $1 billion settlement, a landmark development in the court battle to bring some justice to the families of the 98 people who died less than a year ago. The milestone agreement follows weeks of mediation between attorneys for the plaintiffs and the slew,” reports Katherine Kallergis in The Real Deal.

“The parties sued over allegedly contributing to the deadly collapse of Champlain Towers South last summer. The settlement is for $997 million, although it could exceed $1 billion as negotiations continue with one remaining defendant. More than 25 entities and companies opted to settle the suit, including the Terra-led development team.”

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“A national plaintiffs’ firm on Wednesday asked a U.S. appeals court in California to uphold a nearly $80 million legal-fee award that was part of a $310 million settlement resolving class claims over the performance of certain Apple Inc iPhones. In the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,” reports Mike Scarcella in Reuters.

“Mark Molumphy of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy spurned objectors’ allegations that the attorneys’ fee award, which was 26% of the settlement, was too high, depriving the class of tens of millions of dollars, and other claims over the settlement notice process. U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, held two days of hearings.”

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“In a surprisingly swift resolution of the Champlain Towers South class-action lawsuit, relatives of the victims and survivors of the Surfside condo collapse have reached a settlement that will pay them nearly $1 billion, a state court judge was told Wednesday. The comprehensive settlement announced,” reports Linda Robertson in Miami Herald.

“The comprehensive settlement announced in Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Michael Hanzman’s courtroom effectively closes the litigation phase of the case. Still to be decided: the individual shares the plaintiffs, including family members of the 98 people who died in the collapse, will receive. We have gotten $997 million in proposed.”

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“Keith Cooper, who spent more than eight years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of an armed robbery in Elkhart, announced Wednesday he will receive $7.5 million in a settlement agreement with the city. The city’s settlement with Cooper is the largest amount paid to a plaintiff in,” reports Marek Mazurek in South Bend Tribune.

“The record-breaking settlement follows a series of other wrongful conviction proceedings and lawsuits in Elkhart. Cooper’s co-defendant in the 1996 robbery, Christopher Parish, was exonerated and awarded nearly $5 million in a 2014 settlement. In March, Andrew Royer filed a lawsuit saying police and prosecutors coerced him into a false.”

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“Apple is preparing to pay out $14.8 million as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company stored iCloud subscribers’ data on third-party servers without informing them. The free version of Apple iCloud comes with 5GB of storage, but additional space requires a paid iCloud Plus,” reports Dan Avery in CNET.

“Plaintiffs in Williams v. Apple alleged that Apple made no mention of outside servers in its marketing materials or terms and conditions. The current iCloud customer agreement does refer to third-party servers. Though Apple did not admit to wrongdoing, the company agreed to the settlement in January. A final approval hearing.”

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“Last Friday, app developers engaged in a class action with Apple Inc. concerning allegations that the company maintains unfair leverage as the sole iOS app intermediary, standing between developers and customers, pushed for final approval of their $100 million settlement. The motion said that so far,” reports Christina Tabacco in Law Street.

“The administrator has received about 8,200 claims of the 67,440 application developer accounts identified, only one class member has objected, and Apple’s concerns about counsel’s fee request are misguided. Last November, the court granted preliminary approval to the settlement, which he parties agreed to while class certification briefing.”

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