Disposable Contacts Antitrust Litigation

The Court has authorized the distribution of the residual Net Settlement Funds. The order (1) approves the payment of cy pres awards to eight organizations, (2) approves the payment of one-third of the gross interest earned on the settlement funds for fees and expenses incurred by Class Counsel, and (3) finds the 1,842 Second Distribution Claimants who did not timely negotiate their payments as having forfeited any right to claim any portion of the Net Settlement Funds. For more information, you can review the order here.

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The purpose of this website is to provide information concerning Settlements with Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. ("JJVCI"), Alcon Vision, LLC ("Alcon"), CooperVision, Inc. (“CVI”), ABB Concise Optical Group, LLC ("ABB") and Bausch & Lomb Inc. ("B&L")

If you have any questions after reading this website, you should contact lead counsel or the Settlement Administrator. Please do not call or write the court.

Please read this website carefully and in its entirety. You may be a member of the Classes described below and your rights may be affected by this pending class action lawsuit. This website advises you of your options regarding the class action and the Settlements.

Important Information about your Rights:

To participate in the Settlement Classes or the Litigation Classes, your purchases must be contact lenses manufactured by any of the following manufacturers: Alcon, B&L, CVI, or JJVC.

The deadline to exclude yourself from the Alcon and/or JJVCI Settlement(s) was August 22, 2022.

If you excluded yourself from the Alcon and/or JJVCI Settlement(s), you will not be eligible for any benefits from the Alcon and/or JJVCI Settlement(s). If you excluded yourself from the Litigation Classes, you will not be eligible to claim in the Alcon or JJVCI Settlements.

The deadline to exclude yourself from the ABB Settlement and Litigation Classes was March 10, 2021.

If you excluded yourself from the ABB Settlement, you will not be eligible for any benefits from the ABB Settlements.

The deadline to exclude yourself from the CVI and B&L Settlements was January 31, 2020.

If you excluded yourself from the CVI and B&L Settlements, you will not be eligible for any benefits from the CVI and B&L Settlements.

Current Status

On February 29, 2024, the Court overruled all objections to the Second Distribution Order and granted Class Counsel's Motion to reissue payments to Lapsed Claimants who show good cause.