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I've had friends that have lost $100k+ due to Adsense terminations on legitimate sites. I've personally lost about $10k. We'll see how much I actually get paid out from this class action (I think I read that they cap it at $5k)

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Yes: "... Payments to each of the Class Representatives, not to exceed $5,000 each, as compensation for their active participation in the case on behalf of the Settlement Class ..."

EDIT: see below for correction

As your quote notes, Class Representatives mean people with "active participation in the case" - i.e. the members of the class who spend their time dealing with the class lawyers and showing up in court as named plaintiffs.

This would be separate from anything that class members receive just by being class members.

Good catch! From the agreement document: "“Class Representative(s)” means each and all of the named Plaintiffs in this Action: Free Range Content, Inc., Coconut Island Software, Inc., Taylor Chose, and Matthew Simpson"

So that clause means that the plaintiffs will get up to $5,000 on top of what they will receive as claimants, and there is no such limit on claims (but the total payments will not exceed 11 million, including attorney and class representative compensation).

Great to know! Here's to hoping they pay out the entire amount I'm owed.

Thanks, Guys!

If I were you, I would expect to receive literally pennies on the dollar.

Attorney fees will eat up a significant chunk of that $11MM.

Some publishers lost over $1 million I think. After the fees and lawyer cut, I don't think much will be left. The $11 million is a reduced figure. The initial figure probably was enough to cover all payouts and fees.

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