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Administrative/Regulatory

Aug. 13, 2009

Social Security to Repay $500 Million

The Social Security Administration has agreed to repay more than $500 million in a proposed settlement of the class action claims of hundreds of thousands of people whose benefits it had withheld.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The Social Security Administration has agreed to repay more than $500 million in a proposed settlement of the class action claims of hundreds of thousands of people whose benefits it had withheld.

The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of California in October 2008, challenged a Social Security Administration policy that withheld benefits from anyone with an outstanding felony warran...

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