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Class Action of the Month – Sutter Health Indirect

FRS’s “Class Action of the Month” for September 2025 is Sutter Health Indirect In 2012, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of California alleging the Defendant, Sutter Health, forced certain pricing and contractual terms upon Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Health Net or UnitedHealthcare (the “Health Plans”) thereby […]

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Financial Recovery Strategies and Spectrum Settlement Recovery announce agreement expanding ties between two industry leaders

Financial Recovery Strategies, LLC (FRS), a leading provider of class action settlement claims management and recovery services, is pleased to announce an operating agreement—already in effect— advancing its growing relationship with Spectrum Settlement Recovery (Spectrum), furthering the strategic alliance entered into nearly a year ago. Through this agreement, FRS will manage sales and marketing activities

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Class Action of the Month – Packaged Seafood Products (Tuna) Direct Purchaser

FRS’s “Class Action of the Month” for October 2024 is Packaged Seafood Products (Tuna) Direct Purchaser. In 2015, several class action lawsuits were filed by direct purchasers of packaged tuna products alleging the Defendants conspired to raise, fix, stabilize and/or maintain prices for packaged tuna products in violation of U.S. federal antitrust laws. If you

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Judge Rejects $30 Billion Swipe Fee Settlement Between Visa, Mastercard, and Retailers

NOTE: The settlement described below concerns the Equitable Relief Class component of In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1720 (E.D.N.Y.). It does not relate to the $5.54 billion settlement that the Rule 23(b)(3) Class Plaintiffs obtained in the same multidistrict litigation. The Rule 23(b)(3) Class settlement, also referred to as the “Superseding

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Could Your Business Be Entitled to Money for Paying Excessive Interchange Fees? Financial Recovery Strategies Can Help!

Are you a business owner that accepted Visa- or Mastercard-branded payment cards? If so, you might be entitled to a share of a class action settlement that has the business community buzzing. What’s the Buzz About? A significant class action alleged that interchange fees charged by Visa and Mastercard were unfairly high due to anticompetitive

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The Visa Mastercard Class Action Settlement: A Perspective from Financial Recovery Strategies

In a landmark case that has captured the attention of businesses across the United States, Visa and Mastercard, along with several banks, agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged that they engaged in anticompetitive practices that inflated the fees, known as interchange fees, that merchants pay to accept Visa and Mastercard credit and

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Class Action of the Month (European Government Bonds)

FRS’s “Class Action of the Month” for November 2023 is European Government Bonds. Commencing in 2019, a class action lawsuit was filed alleging the Defendants and their co-conspirators conspired to fix the prices of European Government Bonds by agreeing to widen the bid-ask spreads they quoted to investors, thereby artificially increasing the prices investors paid

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Class Action of the Month (Television Advertising Direct Purchaser)

FRS’s “Class Action of the Month” for October 2023 is Television Advertising Direct Purchaser. In 2018, several class action lawsuits were filed alleging the Defendants shared competitively sensitive sales data, which they used to fix, raise, stabilize or maintain television advertising prices in the United States in violation of federal antitrust laws. At this time,

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Class Action Spotlight (Week Ending September 15, 2023)

Financial Recovery Strategies keeps up to date on the latest in class action developments.  Here is a recap of some of the latest key developments. Class-Action Lawsuit Forming Against Intel for ‘Downfall’ Chip Bug Intel may soon find itself with its back against a proverbial wall following the disclosure of the “Downfall” chip vulnerability earlier

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