College students should soon be receiving the first batch of payments in a $284 million settlement with prestigious American universities accused of colluding to fix financial aid offerings. A 2022 federal class-action lawsuit alleged 17 elite institutions engaged in “a price-fixing cartel” that reduced financial aid packages for students, effectively overcharging them “by at least … Read more
Social Security checks are set to hit bank accounts this week. MargJohnsonVA – stock.adobe.com The third and final round of July’s Social Security checks will arrive this week. The standard monthly Social Security Administration (SSA) payments are scheduled for Wednesday, July 22, reaching millions of recipients whose birthdays fall between the 21st and the end … Read more
You could be eligible for a Disney payday. The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to resolve a class action lawsuit with a staggering $50 million settlement. The original class action suit alleges that Disney forced YouTubeTV and DirecTV Stream to inflate their subscription prices, a move that violated federal and state antitrust and consumer protection … Read more
Victims of fraud may soon be seeing green. Fidelity Investments, the financial services firm, has agreed to pay a $2.5 million class-action settlement in response to claims it failed to prevent a 2024 data breach that compromised sensitive consumer information. The hefty payout follows allegations that the company, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, failed to adhere … Read more
Trader Joe’s customers may be able to get a payout as part of a class action settlement. Customers who made a purchase with a credit or debit card between March 5, 2019, and July 19, 2019, may be eligible to claim an estimated $102.45. Trader Joe’s Co. agreed to pay $7.4 million to settle a … Read more
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has officially finalized the divorce between actor Corey Feldman and his wife of nearly 10 years, Courtney Feldman. The court signed off on the dissolution of the marriage on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, marking the end of a legal process that began when the couple first announced their separation … Read more
Katy Perry has scored a major victory in her long, messy legal war over the Montecito, California, mansion she bought more than five years ago. Carl Westcott, an 85-year-old disabled veteran and the former owner of the property, has been ordered to cough up $1.84 million after a judge ruled the pop star lost out … Read more
Luxe NYC bridal designer Reem Acra, whose gauzy creations are beloved by celebs like Taylor Swift, won a whopping $38.7 million judgment — more than a decade after smoke from a nearby fire ruined more than 2,000 dresses in her Midtown studio. A Manhattan judge ordered troubled real estate developer the Chetrit Group to make … Read more
Food label crusaders have come for Deep River Snacks. Customers who purchased Deep River potato chips labeled with “Non-GMO Ingredients” in the past eight years might be eligible for monetary payment from a class-action settlement. Old Lyme Gourmet Co., the parent company of Deep River Snacks, reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit that … Read more
A gym owner faked her own death to claim a nearly $500,000 insurance payout as part of an elaborate scheme where she posed as her own partner. Karen Salkilld, 42, was arrested in March after filing the insurance claim in her partner’s name, falsely saying she had died in a car accident in Broome. The … Read more
A “gossiping” Gen Z hairdresser who was constantly using her phone at work and “talking about herself” to clients has won a payout after a tribunal found she was unfairly sacked last year. Jorja McGennan, a young apprentice who had “limited work experience” when she took the job in April 2021, was not offered “procedural” … Read more
The former owner of a California manse where a Mercedes-Benz was discovered buried in the yard had reported the vehicle stolen — and received a hefty insurance payout — 30 years ago, according to a local paper. Johnny Bocktune Lew, the man who built the $15 million estate on property along Stockbridge Avenue in Atherton, reported his Mercedes-Benz stolen in 1992, … Read more