If you had due advertising revenue-sharing earnings in your Newsvine account since February 6, 2013, then you can file claim at UserEarningsClassAction.com and get refund.
Newsvine is a community based news website, where user shares their news, writes articles, seeds links to external content, and discusses news items submitted by both users and professional journalists. It pays users for their activities. But at present, user agreement violation class action settlement has been filed against this website, claiming the company violated Washington state law when it supposedly failed to pay Newsvine users the advertising revenue and referral earnings due to them per the Newsvine user agreement. So if you are users of news vine and you did not get your earnings since February 6, 2013, then you are eligible to get refund from this case. As well, you must have an active Newsvine account and it has not been deleted or removed form site before November 1, 2012. The users must have logged in the site at least one time after November 1, 2011. In order to get refund from company you have to file claim form with valid information.
Newsvine User Earnings Settlement potentially benefits hundreds of Newsvine users who had over $10 in unpaid advertising income and/or referral earnings accumulated between July 4, 2012 and Dec. 13, 2012 and onward. Newsvine rejects all of Wilke’s allegations of wrongdoing, but to avoid uncertainty of trial and further legal expenses, they has agreed to generate a class action settlement fund for the supposedly affected users.
Who’s eligible?
How to file claim?
Potential Award
The settlement amount will differ from Class Member to Class Member.
Case Name: Wilkes v. Newsvine Inc., Case No. 13-2-20979-9 SEA, in King County Superior Court
Claims Administrator:
Newsvine is a community based news website, where user shares their news, writes articles, seeds links to external content, and discusses news items submitted by both users and professional journalists. It pays users for their activities. But at present, user agreement violation class action settlement has been filed against this website, claiming the company violated Washington state law when it supposedly failed to pay Newsvine users the advertising revenue and referral earnings due to them per the Newsvine user agreement. So if you are users of news vine and you did not get your earnings since February 6, 2013, then you are eligible to get refund from this case. As well, you must have an active Newsvine account and it has not been deleted or removed form site before November 1, 2012. The users must have logged in the site at least one time after November 1, 2011. In order to get refund from company you have to file claim form with valid information.
Who’s eligible?
You must registered users of the website as well as your account did not deleted by company before Nov. 1, 2012
You must logged into your account at least one time before Nov. 1, 2011
You had unpaid ads revenue-sharing earnings present in your Newsvine account Feb. 6, 2013 and onward.
How to file claim?
To file claim for getting refund from Newsvine website, visit UserEarningsClassAction.com and open “Submit Claim link” available on left side. This will bring you on form page. You just have to fill up claim form with all required detail. If you got a notice in the mail with your claim number, then provide the Claim Control number in form otherwise leave it blank. You do not need to enter your password. You have to submit claim form before October 29, 2014. It does not require any proof to file claim.
You can take a print out of claim form from the website and fill-up and complete the requested information, and send it to Newsvine Litigation, Settlement Administrator, c/o Heffler Claims Group, 1515 Market Street, Suite 1700, Phildelphia, PA 19102 before October 29, 2014.
Potential Award
The settlement amount will differ from Class Member to Class Member.
180 Day Period: If you accumulated revenues between July 4, 2012, and Dec. 31, 2012, (180 days period), and were an Active User of Newsvine or did not get revenue more than $10 from company, then you can get full payment of all unpaid earnings.
Outside of 180 Day Period: If you are active user and accrued more than $10 in unpaid User Earnings/Referral Earnings as of Dec. 31, 2012, then you will get 50 percent of the unpaid earnings.
Additional payment: If you are eligible Claimant, then you can get share of an additional $5,000 set aside by Newsvine as an estimate of User Earnings/Referral Earnings accrued by active user from Jan. 1, 2013, through Feb. 6, 2013.
Highlights of Newsvine User Earnings Settlement:
Official webpage: www.UserEarningsClassAction.comCase Name: Wilkes v. Newsvine Inc., Case No. 13-2-20979-9 SEA, in King County Superior Court
Claims Administrator:
Newsvine Litigation Settlement Administrator
c/o Heffler Claims Group
1515 Market Street, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Important dates:c/o Heffler Claims Group
1515 Market Street, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19102
- Deadline to submit a Claim Form: 29 October 2014
- Final hearing: 21 November 2014
- Exclusion Deadline: 1 October 2014
- Objection Deadline: 1 October 2014
Terrell Marshall Daudt & Willie PLLC
Defense Counsel:
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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