About ClaimWatch

Why this exists

Most people never claim settlements they were entitled to. The notice arrives looking like junk mail, or reads like a scam, or is written in enough legalese that working out whether it applies to you takes longer than the payout is worth. Plenty of people never get a notice at all, because the company didn't have a current address for them.

Every settlement here is translated into the four things that actually decide whether it's worth your time: what the company is accused of, who counts as a class member, what the money looks like, and when the door closes.

Who runs ClaimWatch

ClaimWatch is operated by O'Connor Ventures. It is independent — not affiliated with any court, law firm, settlement administrator, or defendant, and not endorsed by any of them.

What ClaimWatch does not do

These limits are deliberate, and they are the whole shape of the service:

• We never file a claim for you. Every settlement links out to the official site run by the court-appointed administrator, and you file there yourself. Services that file on consumers' behalf have been the subject of enforcement action, and we don't do it.
• We never charge you. Filing a class action claim is always free. Anyone asking you to pay to claim a settlement is running a scam.
• We are not a law firm and this is not legal advice. Nothing here creates an attorney-client relationship. If a case matters enough to need advice, talk to a lawyer.
• We don't decide whether you qualify. Eligibility is set by the settlement's class definition and judged by the administrator. We summarize that definition; only they can apply it.

What's covered

• Open settlements — accepting claims right now, sorted by how soon they close.
• Past settlements — closed to new claims, kept so you can look up what a case was about and what it paid.
• Cases in litigation — filed and being fought in court. Allegations only: no settlement, no claim form, and no money.
• Guides — how class actions work, how to spot a fake notice, and why payouts take as long as they do.

How the information is produced

Settlements are discovered from court-appointed administrators' own websites and summarized automatically, then cross-referenced against federal court dockets. Those summaries are AI-generated and can contain errors, which is why every page links to the official settlement site and tells you to confirm details there before you file.

The full process — sources, what gets verified, what we know we can't catch, and how to report an error — is written up on the methodology page.

Contact

Corrections, settlements we've missed, and press enquiries: hello@claimwatch.org. More on what we can and can't help with is on the contact page.