On December 7, 2012, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington granted final approval to a class-action settlement reached with certain defendants in Smith v. Legal Helpers Debt Resolution, LLC. The settling defendants have paid a total of $2,060,000 to settle the claims against them, and checks to class members will be issued by mid-February 2013. Litigation against the non-settling defendants will continue. The plaintiff and class members are represented by Toby J. Marshall of Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC and Darrell Scott and Matt Zuchetto of The Scott Law Group, P.S. For more information about the lawsuit, please click here.