MLM or Pyramid Scheme? In this week’s issue, we’re taking a look at the potential pitfalls of a certain multi-level marketing company and how attorneys may be able to help sales reps take action over what could amount to deceptive business practices. More on that below. Then, we have two new investigations into discontinued support for smart thermostats and potentially miscalculated overtime for healthcare workers, respectively. We’ll round things out with a recently filed lawsuit alleging “fake” sales, as well as the latest class action settlements you may be able to claim. - Ty Armstrong, Writer/Community Manager | | Were you a doTerra Wellness Advocate in the last four years? You may be able to join others taking legal action. Attorneys working with ClassAction.org believe doTERRA International may have violated various laws prohibiting deceptive business practices, which may include making false income claims, operating as a pyramid scheme, automatically renewing subscriptions and restricting Wellness Advocates’ ability to work for other direct sales companies. Learn more and sign up here. | Nest Support Discontinued? Join Others Taking Action Google has announced that it will no longer support older Nest Learning Thermostats— specifically, first-generation (2011) and second-generation (2012) models—starting on October 25, 2025. Attorneys working with ClassAction.org believe Google may have violated customers’ rights by doing so and are now gathering affected consumers to take legal action through mass arbitration. This page has all the details, including how to see if you qualify and what you could be owed. | | New Data Breach Investigations | | | Got a data breach notice? Don’t throw it out – and check out our full list of ongoing investigations here. You may be able to help get a class action lawsuit started. | | | | ~ In Case You Missed It ~ Was Your Child Targeted by a Predator on Roblox? A growing number of lawsuits are alleging that Roblox knows that predators are using the game to groom, abuse and exploit children yet fails to implement the necessary safety precautions. Now, attorneys working with ClassAction.org are handling these cases on a contingency-fee basis—meaning if they don’t win your case, you don’t pay. If your child was sexually abused by someone they met on Roblox, learn more about the lawsuits and how you can take action here. | Case Updates Our settlements page is always being updated. Have you checked to see if you're covered by any open settlements? You can also check out the latest settlements as they happen by following us on Twitter. | | Latest Settlements - AARP - Video Privacy
You may be included in this settlement if you were an AARP member or AARP.org registered user and accessed videos on AARP.org while you also had a Facebook account between September 27, 2020 and September 12, 2025. - Aspirus - Data Privacy
You may be included in this settlement if you logged into your Aspirus patient portal account at any time between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2024. - Integris Health - Data Breach
You may be included in this settlement if your personal information was potentially accessible as a result of a November 2023 Integris Health data breach. | | | To view a complete list of settlements and to find out how you can file a claim, click here. | |
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| | ~ In Other News ~ | Attorneys believe that Trilogy Health, which provides senior living and rehabilitation services at campuses across Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, may be underpaying workers for overtime hours by failing to account for extra shift bonuses, shift differentials and other forms of non-discretionary pay when calculating their overtime rates. They’re now investigating whether a lawsuit can be filed on behalf of affected employees. If you worked for Trilogy, this page has all the details. | | A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Amazon Prime Day, which promises consumers some of the “best discounts of the year” on millions of items, is loaded with fake sales and misleading “percent off” claims based on false, inflated original prices. In the event that Amazon did sell a particular product at the allegedly fake prior price, “it [was] only for an extremely short period,” potentially as short as one day, the lawsuit states. Read up on the allegations here. | ~ Forward to a friend ~
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