Recover

Most settlements pay six to eighteen months after the claim deadline, and an appeal can add a year. Here is what happens at each stage, and what to do if your payment never turns up.

A settlement notice limited to California residents, a lawsuit filed in San Francisco against a company from Ohio. California turns up in class actions far more than its map size would suggest, and there are reasons for it.

A $1.2 million settlement covers MG217 coal tar shampoo bought since 2021. Claims close September 24, 2026, and this one has a rule most settlements do not: every claimant has to submit their own form.

Proof decides how much you are paid far more often than whether you are paid at all. Here is what actually counts as proof, where to find it, and when documentation is genuinely required.

A class action settlement is money a company has already agreed to pay the people it affected. Most of that money is never collected. Here is how the process works, start to finish.

California is holding more than $10 billion that belongs to people who have never claimed it. Here is how to check whether some of it is yours, what a claim involves, and how long it takes.