Automatic Renewal Law
A consumer-protection law that regulates disclosures, consent, notices, and cancellation for covered recurring offers.
Claim Blog
Class action settlements, deadlines, and how to actually get paid.
Lodestar
Lodestar is a method for calculating attorney fees by multiplying the hours reasonably worked by a reasonable hourly rate. The resulting figure…
Fairly Traceable
Learn what fairly traceable means in federal standing and settlement claims, how it differs from proximate cause, and why official terms control.
The “Do Nothing” Option
Learn what the do nothing option means in a class action settlement and how it may affect payment eligibility, legal rights, and…
Typosquatting (Lookalike Settlement Sites)
Typosquatting is the practice of registering a domain name that closely resembles a legitimate website address, often by changing, adding, or removing…
PAGA (Private Attorneys General Act)
PAGA stands for the Private Attorneys General Act, a California law that lets an eligible employee seek civil penalties for certain Labor…
Class Certification
Class certification is the court’s formal decision that a lawsuit can move forward as a class action instead of as one person’s…
Multidistrict Litigation (MDL)
Multidistrict litigation, or MDL, is a federal procedure that consolidates many separate but related lawsuits — often filed by plaintiffs across different…
Named Plaintiff
A named plaintiff is the person, or small group of people, whose name actually appears on a class action lawsuit. Also called…
Final approval hearing
A final approval hearing is the court date when a judge decides whether to approve a proposed class action settlement.