Legal Notice of Class Action Settlement Affecting Your Rights. Just
wanted to pass this along. If you are participating in pay per click
it may pertain to you as well.
From: ASK.COM
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Subject: Click Charge Settlement
Re: Legal Notice of Class Action Settlement Affecting Your Rights
Legal Notice:
If you purchased online advertising from IAC Search & Media, Inc.
and/or Ask Jeeves, Inc. (collectively "Ask") between August 1, 2005
and the present, you may be a class member in a class-action lawsuit,
Lane's Gifts and Collectibles et al. v. Ask Jeeves, Inc. et al., Case
No. CV-2005-52-1, in the Circuit Court of Miller County, Arkansas.
This notice advises you of your legal rights.
You should review the detailed Settlement Notice as soon as possible,
as there are several important deadlines that you must meet to take
certain actions in connection with a proposed settlement of the class
action lawsuit. Your legal rights are affected whether you act or do
not act. The deadline for filing an objection or excluding yourself
from the proposed settlement is February 2, 2008, and the last day to
file a claim under the proposed settlement is February 2, 2008. For
further information, please refer to the Settlement Notice.
The Settlement Notice informs you of the Court's certification of a
class for settlement purposes; the nature of the claims alleged; your
right to participate in, or exclude yourself from, the class; a
proposed settlement; and how you can claim an award of advertising
credits under the settlement or object to the settlement.
a.. The proposed settlement will provide advertising credits to class
members who certify that they were the victims of "click fraud" or
other invalid or improper clicks on online advertisements purchased
from IAC Search & Media, Inc. and/or Ask Jeeves, Inc. on or after
August 1, 2005.
a.. The proposed settlement will resolve claims that IAC Search &
Media, Inc. and/or Ask Jeeves, Inc. breached its contracts with
advertisers and violated other laws by failing to adequately detect
and stop "click fraud" or other invalid or improper clicks on online
advertisements.
a.. If you are a member of the class, your legal rights are affected
by whether you act or do not act.
For a copy of the Settlement Notice, click on the link, or visit the
case website at www.AskSettlement.com.
To file a claim for your award of advertising credits under the
settlement, click on the following link: AskSettlement.com/claim. Each
advertiser will be allowed one claim per account.