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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 Ten of the eleven appeals were either withdrawn or dismissed, and one appeal was decided against the appellant after briefing and oral argument.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.

Glossary of Terms

  1. Base Exchange Amount
  2. Claims
  3. Embed / Embedding / Embedded
  4. Foreign Transaction
  5. Litigation
  6. Representative Plaintiffs
  7. Settlement Class
  8. Credit Cards
  9. Debit Cards

 

  1. Base Exchange Amount(top)

    "Base Exchange Amount" means, with regard to a Foreign Transaction, the U.S. dollar amount that results from applying the transaction amount in foreign currency to any factor(s) (however selected, determined, or characterized, and without regard to whether, or the price at which, such currency was obtained from one or more third parties) used in calculating the transaction amount in U.S. dollars for that transaction.

  2. Claims(top)

    "Claims" means any and all actual or potential claims, actions, causes of action, suits, counterclaims, cross claims, third party claims, contentions, allegations, and assertions of wrongdoing, and any demands for any and all debts, obligations, liabilities, damages (whether actual, treble, punitive, exemplary, statutory, or otherwise), whenever incurred, attorneys’ fees, costs, expenses, restitution, disgorgement, injunctive relief, any other type of equitable, legal or statutory relief, any other benefits, or any penalties of any type whatever, whether asserted in federal court, state court, arbitration or otherwise, and whether triable before a judge or jury or otherwise. For avoidance of doubt, Claims includes any right or opportunity to claim, seek or obtain restitution, disgorgement, injunctive relief or any other benefit as a member of the general public, under California Business and Professions Code Section 17200 et seq. or otherwise.

  3. Embed / Embedding / Embedded(top)

    "Embed," "Embedding" or "Embedded" means, in connection with a Foreign Transaction, to include without separate identification or itemization any Foreign Transaction Fee in the U.S. dollar transaction amount sent by MasterCard or Visa to issuing Members, or by Diners Club or any of the Bank Defendants to cardholders.

  4. Foreign Transaction(top)

    "Foreign Transaction" means a purchase, cash advance or withdrawal or other transaction effected in any manner by use of a United States-issued Visa-, MasterCard-, or Diners Club-branded Credit Card ("Credit Card Foreign Transaction") or Debit Card ("Debit Card Foreign Transaction") which transaction (1) is originally denominated in a currency other than the United States dollar, or (2) is originally denominated in the United States dollar and is effected with a merchant or other Person outside the United States and an amount in addition to the transaction amount was applied, by a Defendant Releasee or Member Releasee (other than a Person who or which is a Defendant Releasee or Member Releasee solely because he/she/it is a contractual counterparty to another Defendant Releasee or Member Releasee), because it is a transaction effected with a merchant or other Person outside the United States.

    "Foreign Transaction Fee" means, with regard to a Foreign Transaction, any amount (however characterized), over and above the amount of any Base Exchange Amount, applied because the transaction is a Foreign Transaction or because currency conversion (or "translation") was performed.

  5. Litigation(top)

    "Litigation" means the Consolidated Action, including, without limitation, any appeals or requests for leave to appeal therefrom, and any matters asserted in any of the complaints (including, without limitation, the Third Amended Complaint), pleadings, filings, interrogatory responses, or other papers filed or served in the Consolidated Action.

  6. Representative Plaintiffs(top)

    "Representative Plaintiffs" means the named plaintiffs in the Third Amended Complaint, to wit, S. Byron Balbach, Jr., Jeanne H. Balbach, Woodrow W. Clark, Leslie Cooper, Cherie R. Donald, Andrea Kune, Pamela Meyerson, Michael H. Oshry, Camille LaPlaca-Post, Herve Senequier, Robert Ross, Randal Wachsmuth, Jeffrey Zakem, Kayta George, David Shrieve, Tara Rado, Anthony Ralphs, David Ultan, Shannon Mattingly, and Timur Nusratty.

  7. Settlement Class(top)

    "Settlement Classes" means (i) as to the settlement damages class, all Persons who or which were holders of United States-issued MasterCard- or Visa-branded Credit or Debit Cards or United States-issued Diners Club-branded Credit Cards and made a Foreign Transaction from February 1, 1996 to the date of Preliminary Approval (the "Settlement Damages Class"); and (ii) as to the settlement injunctive class, all Persons who or which were holders of United States-issued MasterCard- or Visa-branded Credit or Debit Cards or United States-issued Diners Club-branded Credit Cards as of the date of Preliminary Approval (the "Settlement Injunctive Class"); provided, that Defendants are not members of the Settlement Classes.

  8. Credit Cards(top)

    "Credit Cards" means all United States-issued Visa-, MasterCard-, and Diners Club-branded payment cards that extend to cardholders a line of credit or which require payment of the amount due by a due date. For avoidance of doubt, solely for purposes of use herein, Credit Cards includes, without limitation, cards commonly known as credit cards, charge cards, corporate cards, company cards, and purchasing cards.

  9. Debit Cards(top)

    "Debit Cards" means all United States-issued Visa- and MasterCard-branded payment cards that enable cardholders to access deposits or other assets to pay for goods or services or withdraw cash. For avoidance of doubt, solely for purposes of use herein, Debit Cards includes, without limitation, cards commonly known as debit cards, stored value cards, and ATM cards.

 

 

 

 

 

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