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Thirteen online contact lens retailers have offered a combined amount of $40,000,000 to settle claims made against them by people who purchased contact lenses over the internet.

The settlement benefits consumers who purchased certain disposable contact lenses between June 1, 2013, and Dec. 4, 2018. Contact lenses in the settlement were sold by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Alcon Vision, CooperVision, ABB Concise Optical Group and Bausch & Lomb.

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Defendants will collectively pay $40 million to settle the claims against them. The Settlement Amounts agreed to by each of the Defendants are as follows: 1-800 Contacts, Inc. $15,100,000.

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Alcon and Johnson & Johnson Vision Care have agreed to settle the claims against them with a $75 million class action settlement. Alcon will contribute $20 million, while Johnson & Johnson will contribute $55 million. These funds join previous settlements with CooperVision and ABB Optical Group.

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Several contacts providers including 1-800 Contacts have agreed to pay a combined $40 million to resolve antitrust claims against them. The settlement benefits individuals who made at least one online purchase of contact lenses from: 1-800 from Jan.

("Alcon") and Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. ("JJVCI"), or "Vistakon." The lawsuit alleges illegal minimum retail pricing policies by manufacturers called "Unilateral Pricing Policies," or "UPPs," for the distribution and sale of certain disposable contact lenses.