WEN Consumers To Begin Filing Claims Under Approved Class Settlement

A class action settlement preliminarily approved in California’s Central District will establish a $26.25m fund for compensating WEN hair-care consumers for purchases and alleged injuries, but the fairness of payments to up to 6 million class members may have to be revisited if more claims are filed than expected. Notices to class members will issue by year-end, and their claims must be submitted by late April 2017.

Purchasers of WEN Cleansing Conditioners and other offerings will soon be notified of their eligibility to file claims under a class action settlement preliminarily approved by California’s Central District Court Oct. 28.

Plaintiff Amy Friedman filed her initial complaint against Guthy-Renker LLC in July 2014 on behalf of herself and similarly situated...

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