Beiersdorf Class Action Settlement of NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Cream, NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Patches, NIVEA Goodbye Cellulite 30-Day Body Beauty Program & NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Fast Acting Serum Class Action Lawsuits

If you purchased NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Products between January 1, 2007 and February 15, 2011 you could get a payment from a class action settlement.

A class action settlement has been reached in two class action lawsuits against Beiersdorf North America Inc. and Beiersdorf Inc. (collectively “Beiersdorf” or “Defendants”) in the United States District Court for the District Court of Connecticut in Hartford (styled Laura Phillips v. Beiersdorf North America  Inc. and Beiersdorf Inc. and Patricia Wiener v. Beiersdorf North America  Inc. and Beiersdorf Inc.), alleging, among other things, that Beiersdorf made representations in the advertising for and packaging of Good-bye Cellulite Products, such as NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Cream, NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Patches, NIVEA Goodbye Cellulite 30-Day Body Beauty Program, and NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Fast Acting Serum, that the Good-bye Cellulite Products decreased the appearance of cellulite and that such representations were misleading, purportedly in violation of the unfair and deceptive trade practices acts of Florida and California, according to the Beiersdorf NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Cream, NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Patches, NIVEA Goodbye Cellulite 30-Day Body Beauty Program, and NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Fast Acting Serum class action settlement website and class action settlement notice.

Beiersdorf NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Cream, NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Patches, NIVEA Goodbye Cellulite 30-Day Body Beauty Program, and NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Fast Acting Serum class members reportedly include the following persons, unless otherwise excluded:

All Florida and California residents who purchased any of the Good-bye Cellulite Products from January 1, 2007 through February 15, 2011 (the “Settlement Class”).

The proposed Beiersdorf NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Cream, NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Patches, NIVEA Goodbye Cellulite 30-Day Body Beauty Program, and NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Fast Acting Serum class action lawsuit settlement reportedly provides for, among other things, that Beiersdorf will pay up to $3.175 million ($3,175,000) in cash and certificates for (i) valid claims submitted by Settlement Class members (by July 19, 2011), (ii) notice to the Settlement Class, (iii) administrative costs of the settlement, (iv) Settlement Class Counsel’s attorneys’ fees and costs not to exceed $793,750, and (v) incentive awards to the Plaintiffs not to exceed $5,000 for each Plaintiff (“Settlement Fund”).

A class action settlement fairness hearing has been set for May 20, 2011, at 10:30 a.m., before Judge Christopher F. Droney in his courtroom at the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Hartford Courthouse), Abraham Ribicoff Federal Building, 450 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103, where the Court will hear any comments, objections, and arguments concerning the fairness of the proposed Beiersdorf NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Cream, NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Patches, NIVEA Goodbye Cellulite 30-Day Body Beauty Program, and NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Fast Acting Serum settlement, including the amount requested by Settlement Class Counsel for attorneys’ fees and expenses and incentive awards for the Plaintiffs and class members who were deposed in the class action litigation.

For more information about the Beiersdorf NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Cream, NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Gel Patches, NIVEA Goodbye Cellulite 30-Day Body Beauty Program, and NIVEA Good-bye Cellulite Fast Acting Serum class action lawsuit settlement, including information about how to participate in, be excluded from (or opt out of) or comment on or object to the class action settlement, visit the GBC class action settlement website:

www.gbcsettlement.com

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