If you bought bacon or pork chops between 2014 and 2018, some of the biggest names in meat may owe you a little money. And you won’t have to dig up a single receipt to ask for it.
Five pork processors — Tyson, Hormel, Seaboard, Clemens and Triumph — have agreed to pay a combined $117.065 million to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of shoppers. The deadline to file a claim is coming up fast.
I’ve been writing about money for more than 35 years, and I’ll be honest: Most class-action checks aren’t worth the time it takes to file. (Here’s how to tell the difference.)
This one has something most don’t: a huge pool of people who qualify, in 23 states plus Washington, D.C. Below is how to claim it, followed by five more settlements with deadlines coming up before the end of the year.
1. The pork settlement: File by Oct. 29
The lawsuit alleges that pork processors pushed prices up and held them there by using a data company called Agri Stats, limiting production and exporting pork. Agri Stats isn’t paying anything; it agreed to change some of its business practices instead.
You may qualify if you bought pork for your own household between June 28, 2014, and June 30, 2018, in any of these places:
- Arizona
- California
- The District of Columbia
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Utah
- West Virginia
What counts: raw bacon, plus raw pork (fresh or frozen) from the belly, loin, shoulder or ribs, and pork chops. What doesn’t: organic pork, “no antibiotics ever” pork, and anything other than bacon that was marinated, seasoned, flavored or breaded.
You don’t need to send proof right now, according to the official settlement website. The claim form asks about your purchases, and the settlement administrator may ask for documentation later.
How much will you get? Nobody knows yet. Each person’s share depends on how much pork they bought and how many people file.
Here’s the CPA in me talking: That $117 million won’t all go to shoppers. The lawyers are asking for up to a third of it, plus up to $5 million in expenses.
If the judge grants all of that, less than $73 million is left to split, and the costs of running the settlement come out of that, too.
File online at OverchargedForPork.com or by mail postmarked by Oct. 29. You can also call 1-888-287-5434. The judge holds a hearing on final approval Dec. 11.
One warning: An earlier round of this case, involving JBS and Smithfield, closed to claims in April. If you filed in that round, you still need to file a new claim for this one.
2. Lands’ End data breach: File by Oct. 22
In December 2024, files at Lands’ End that may have included customers’ names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license or passport information were potentially accessed. In limited cases, medical information was involved too.
The settlement covers people in the U.S. whose information was compromised. You pick one of two cash options:
- Up to $5,000 if you can document losses tied to the breach between Dec. 6, 2024, and Oct. 22, 2026. Bank statements or receipts work; your own notes alone don’t.
- A one-time $60 payment.
Either way, you can also get two years of credit monitoring with $1 million in fraud insurance. File at the official settlement site by Oct. 22.
Once your Social Security number is out there, it stays out there. If you haven’t already, freeze your credit for free. And if you’d like someone watching your back long after the settlement’s monitoring ends, you can compare identity protection services here.
3. TransUnion bankruptcy errors: File by Oct. 30
This one’s small, but for the people in it, the checks are unusually big.
The lawsuit alleges that TransUnion sold credit reports that mentioned a bankruptcy on a specific account, even though the same report showed no bankruptcy in its public records section. TransUnion agreed to pay $8.31 million.
The class covers about 57,000 people. You’re in it if, between Jan. 6, 2020, and Jan. 31, 2023, TransUnion sold a report about you with that kind of bankruptcy note, and there’s no government record showing you filed for bankruptcy in the 10 years before the report.
Class members fall into two groups. If you’re in the “No Bankruptcy Group,” you get $100 automatically.
File a claim instead, and the payment is expected to be about an additional $1,000. For the “Aged Bankruptcy Group,” a claim is expected to pay about $350.
To file, you must certify that your TransUnion credit score dropped, or that you were denied credit, because of the bankruptcy note. The site warns that those payments are estimates and could come in lower or higher.
You’ll need the claim number and PIN from your notice to find out which group you’re in. File at the settlement website by Oct. 30.
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4. CVS website and app users: File by Nov. 16
If you’ve ever used CVS.com, CVSHealth.com or the CVS app, you’re probably in this one.
CVS agreed to a $20.5 million settlement over claims that it shared data from its websites and app with ad company Criteo and others. CVS denies doing anything wrong.
Anyone in the U.S. who used those sites or the app before July 27, 2026, can get up to $5 with no paperwork, or up to $10 with proof. The deadline is Nov. 16. Learn more about the details from when the CVS settlement opened.
Five bucks won’t change your life. But it’s five bucks for a couple of minutes of typing.
5. Amazon returns: File by Dec. 1
This settlement resolves claims that the way Amazon handled some returns violated Washington state’s consumer protection law and other laws. Amazon denies wrongdoing.
It covers people who returned, or asked for a refund on, a physical product bought on Amazon.com and received in the U.S. between Sept. 5, 2017, and Feb. 12, 2026, and then didn’t get a refund, got a late or incorrect one, or were wrongly charged again for the item.
The settlement administrator says Amazon is putting $309.5 million into a fund, separate from refunds Amazon is paying on its own.
There are two groups. People in Subclass A will be paid automatically. People in Subclass B have to file a claim, according to the settlement site, by Dec. 1.
Don’t confuse this with the separate Prime settlement that’s already sending some members up to $200. Different case, different money.
6. Apple’s Siri promises: File by Dec. 21
Bought a new iPhone a couple of years ago expecting a smarter Siri? Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle claims from buyers who say they didn’t get the Apple Intelligence Siri features they expected. Apple doesn’t admit any wrongdoing.
You qualify if you’re the original buyer of an iPhone 16, 16e, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max, 15 Pro or 15 Pro Max bought in the U.S. between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025.
The payment starts at $25 per phone and could rise to as much as $95, or fall, depending on how many people file.
You’ll need information that confirms you bought or own the phone. File at the official settlement site by Dec. 21. More background is in this story on why Apple customers will wait for their money.
Don’t pay anyone to collect your money
Settlements like these bring out the crooks. Expect emails and texts promising to “help” you claim your share for a small fee.
The FTC puts it plainly in its warning about refund and recovery scams: Legitimate organizations won’t charge you a fee to help you get money back.
So type the settlement address into your browser yourself, rather than clicking a link in a message. Then file the ones you qualify for. Start with the pork. It takes about as long as frying the bacon.
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