It's been a heck of a month! Lots of changes and the closing of one of the biggest consumer class actions we've seen this year (DeBeers.) I hope everyone participated in that lawsuit. The judge officially approved and closed the settlement on June 3rd (Article), so we should start seeing checks within the next four to six months. Fingers crossed! We're continuing to add new features to the site, along with new settlements as they come through.

Over the next few months it will be VERY interesting to watch what happens with the class action lawsuits brought against the largest cellular providers in North America. Most of these lawsuits center around their charging Early Termination Fees. What's that mean? If you paid all or part of an Early Termination Fee to one of the biggies, including Verizon, Alltel or AT&T you could very likely received a check in the mail with a refund. TopClassActions.com will continue to monitor these cases and report once the carriers bend to the will of the people and start talking SETTLEMENT!

Suing the big cellular carriers has become in vogue, AT&T recently settled with customers over third party data charges (http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=160446). Who could have seen this one coming, other then EVERYONE OUT THERE! This settlement will allow those who claim they didn't know about those $5/$15/$20 a month charges they opted in for when buying ring tones or other third party data products to get a refund for up to three months of charges. WOW! This could be huge for those parents out there who had kids that downloaded 100 ring tones one month at $1.99 each and then received the bill. They should be able to get those charges refunded back into their AT&T account. Check out the link to the settlement webpage here.

Another biggie we're waiting on is the menu foods settlement (http://www.petfoodsettlement.com). This is interesting because it includes $$$ to any of those who claim they incurred financial or emotional hardships due to the Chinese pet food being contaminated and their pets getting sick from it. Remember that? Dogs and cats across the country becoming ill because they were fed contaminated food. The initial newsbits hinted at an amount of $900 to affected pet owners to help with their emotional strain. The website should be going live any day now, and as soon as it's up we'll have an update posted.

That's all for now! Keep checking back for more updates!

Warm Regards,

Scott