9 Class Action Lawsuits Ready For Payment Next Month

HIGHLIGHTS:

• 9 class action lawsuits are set for settlement next month
• Affected individuals have until the first week of January to file a claim

Several companies seeking to resolve class action lawsuits are set to make settlements next month and affected individuals only have until January 2025 to file claims.

1. $7.25M from Patreon

Patreon Inc., a monetization platform that operates business tools for content creators, is set to pay $7.25 million to resolve a two-year standing class action lawsuit that accused the company of sharing information with Meta without their consent.

According to a 16-page lawsuit, Patreon violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by using a Facebook pixel to collect and share users’ personal information with Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

The settlement would benefit affected individuals with Facebook and Patreon accounts between April 1, 2016 and September 23, 2024. They have until January 1, 2025, to file a claim.

2. $2.925M from Charlotte Tilbury

Luxury cosmetics Charlotte Tilbury agreed to settle $2.93 million to resolve a lawsuit that accused the company of collecting customers’ biometric information on its website without their consent.

In the lawsuit, plaintiffs said Charlotte Tilbury violated Illinois’ biometric information privacy act by collecting facial geometry scans through its virtual beauty tools.

Consumers, however, claimed that they did not receive the required consent disclosures and notices before using the virtual tools in Illinois.

The deadline to file a claim is on January 2, 2025.

3. $250K from Luxottica

Eyewear giant Luxottica is set to pay $250,000 concerning a hacking incident in 2020.

The plaintiffs sued the company for unauthorized access to an appointment scheduling application that contained the personal and protected health information of more than 829,000 patients of its eye care partners.

According to the lawsuit, the unauthorized access occurred between August 5 and 9, 2020 and affected individuals were only notified three months later.

The deadline to file a claim is on January 2, 2025.

4. $675K from PRGX Global

PRGX Global, a company engaged in recovery audit and spend analytics services, is set to pay $675,000 in a bid to end a class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to protect its consumers from a data breach in 2022.

According to the plaintiffs, PRGX should have protected its consumers’ sensitive data from cyberattacks through reasonable cybersecurity measures.

Under the terms, members are eligible to receive a cash payment of up to $600 for out-of-pocket losses, including bank fees, communication charges, credit expenses and up to three hours of lost time at a rate of $30 per hour. Class members can also receive payment for extraordinary losses, such as unreimbursed fraud or identity theft, up to $5,000. 

Class members who do not have out-of-pocket losses or other compensable damages can instead receive an alternative cash payment of up to $75.

Affected individuals have until January 2, 2025, to file a claim.

5. $50M from California gas traders

California residents and non-residents who purchased gasoline products from Vitol, SK Energy Americas, and SK Trading International are expected to receive settlements from the companies for allegedly conspiring to jack up the prices of gas.

According to a report, individuals residing in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Kern Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo or Imperial counties, who purchased gas products between February 20, 2015 and November 20, 2015, will be eligible to receive payments.

Meanwhile, non-residents and businesses who purchased petroleum products between February 18, 2015 and May 31, 2017, will be eligible.

The deadline to file a claim is on January 8, 2025.

6. $129.5M from Reynolds and CDK Global

Data and technology services providers Reynolds and Reynolds Company and CDK Global LLC agreed to settle a $129.5 million class action lawsuit over claims that they conspired to raise the prices of their services.

According to the multidistrict litigation, Reynolds and CDK colluded to raise and fix the price of dealer management services, which is a violation of the state and federal antitrust laws.

The settlement benefits vehicle sellers who purchased dealer management services from either Reynolds or CDK between September 1, 2013, and August 15, 2024.

The deadline to file a claim is on January 9, 2025.

7. $185M from Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo agreed to pay $185 million to settle a class action lawsuit for placing mortgages into forbearance during the COVID-19 pandemic without the customer’s consent.

The lawsuit claimed that Wells Fargo failed to notify consumers about placing their mortgages into forbearance.

According to the plaintiffs, the bank placed their mortgages on forbearance when they didn’t want them to be, causing financial hardship and other harm such as harder and more expensive loan rates, and impeding their ability to refinance at historically low interest rates. The settlement would benefit borrowers who had a Wells Fargo-serviced mortgage placed into COVID forbearance without informed consent between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021.

Affected individuals have until January 10, 2025, to file a claim.

8. $197.5M from Visa and Mastercard

Visa and Mastercard are set to pay $197.5 million to settle an ongoing litigation case that accused the companies of charging unlawful surcharges and fees on ATM transactions.

Plaintiffs claimed that the two companies conspired with banks to charge higher fees on ATM transactions, a violation of the antitrust laws.

The settlement would benefit consumers and businesses that paid an unreimbursed ATM access fee to JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and banks that are members of the Visa or Mastercard ATM networks between October 1, 2007, and July 26, 2024.

Affected individuals have until January 22, 2025, to file a claim.

9. $3.5M from Intervet

Intervet Inc. agreed to pay a class action lawsuit filed against the company and two other animal healthcare providers Merck Animal Health and HomeAgain for allegedly deceiving customers to buy an annual membership for their pets’ location tracking microchips.

The plaintiffs claimed that Intervet made misrepresentations and omissions regarding the necessity for microchipped pet owners to pay for a HomeAgain membership to remain in and update their contact information in the HomeAgain pet recovery database.

The settlement benefits consumers in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming who paid for a HomeAgain premium service membership between May 19, 2016, and September 12, 2024.

Affected customers have until January 27, 2025, to file a claim.