I run Class Action Hero, a free settlement tracker and this post is about some of the datasets we’ve been working on.

Dataset 1 — the settlement tracker. Every class-action settlement currently open for claims in the United States: 288 cases as of October 23, 2026. Each record carries the settlement name, total fund, proof required to claim, eligibility, and filing deadline, plus the claims administrator where one is named. Coverage, stated plainly: 234 of the 288 publish a fund size ($6,350,402,822 combined); 254 have a dated claim deadline and 34 have been announced without one yet. Fund figures are total settlement funds, never per-person payout estimates. Compiled from official settlement websites and court notices, and kept current as cases open, close, and move.

Dataset 2 — the accountability join (new). Each settlement defendant resolved to its accountable parent company, then joined to that company's federal political spending.…