24 Hour Fitness Settles RICO Suit Over Club Dues

By Ryan Davis

Law360, New York (March 15, 2010, 6:58 PM ET) -- Fitness center chain 24 Hour Fitness USA Inc. has reached a deal in a contract class action filed by customers alleging the company continued to charge them monthly dues after they canceled their memberships, agreeing to pay what could be hundreds of millions of dollars in reimbursements.

Counsel for the plaintiffs filed a motion Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California seeking approval for the deal, under which 24 Hour Fitness would stop charging dues to former members and provide monetary...
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