The Court granted final approval of the settlement in a Memorandum and Order, dated October 22, 2009, and, on November 4, 2009, the Court entered a Final Judgment and Order of Dismissal in this case. Eleven appeals were filed challenging the Court's approval of the settlement. All of the appeals are now concluded. Ten of the eleven appeals were either withdrawn or dismissed, and one appeal was decided against the appellant after briefing and oral argument.

On October 5, 2011 the Court entered an Order authorizing the Settlement Administrator to disburse the available settlement funds. Participation in this settlement has been extraordinary, with more than 10,000,000 claims submitted. We request that you remain patient as the Settlement Administrator finalizes the procedures necessary to administer and mail checks for this enormous volume of claims. Please continue to monitor this website for updates concerning the refund process. If you have changed your address, you should send any updated information to the Settlement Administrator.

As a reminder, any claim form postmarked after May 30, 2008 will be deemed untimely and, pursuant to the Court's October 22, 2009 Order, will be disallowed. Due to the large number of claims that were submitted prior to the May 30, 2008 deadline, refund amounts have been adjusted downward (or "pro-rated").

Please continue to monitor this website for updates concerning the refund process.