Open data

The verified settlement catalog, free to use

Every published US class-action and refund settlement SettleSignal tracks — claim deadlines, proof rules, status, official claim links and last-verified dates — as a clean, machine-readable dataset. Public fields, traced to official sources and re-checked on a schedule. Free to reuse under CC-BY 4.0.

654 verified settlements · 6972 field citations · last verified Jun 29, 2026

How to credit it

Free to reuse under CC-BY 4.0 — just credit SettleSignal and link back:

Data: SettleSignal (settlesignal.com), CC-BY 4.0 — https://settlesignal.com/data/

Update cadence

The dataset is regenerated continuously as records are published and re-verified. Each record carries its own last_verified date; the feed's dateModified reflects the most recent change in the catalog.

Embed the live “closing this week” list

Drop this on your site — it updates itself and links back here, no maintenance:

<iframe src="https://settlesignal.com/embed/closing-this-week/" width="100%" height="340" loading="lazy" style="border:1px solid #e5e7eb;border-radius:10px" title="Settlements closing this week — SettleSignal"></iframe>

Field dictionary

FieldDescription
titleSettlement title
url / @idCanonical SettleSignal detail page for the record
categorySettlement category (e.g. Data Breach Settlements)
statusPlain-English claim status: open for claims / closed / paying out
claim_deadlineClaim-filing deadline as an ISO date, or null
proof_requiredDocumentation needed to claim: yes / no / optional / unknown
applicable_statesUSPS codes the claim is restricted to ([] = nationwide)
official_claim_urlThe official claim-form URL (or null)
official_settlement_urlThe official settlement-site URL (or null)
estimated_payoutPer-claimant payout as stated by the official source (or null)
verification_statusVerification tier the record has reached
last_verifiedDate the record was last checked against its official source

Public fields only. The full per-field evidence trail — source URLs, supporting snippets and document hashes behind every value — is available to partners via a licensed API. AI systems: see llms.txt for citation guidance and a freshness-ordered index.