Purpose and scope
TapClaim is an independent settlement discovery and tracking product. We summarize public information so users can identify matters worth checking. TapClaim is not a law firm, court, government agency, claims administrator, or source of legal advice.
Courts, regulators, and settlement administrators control the legal status, class definition, filing terms, deadlines, claim decisions, and payments. Users should confirm every material filing fact with the authoritative source.
Classify the matter before writing
A page must distinguish among a court-approved settlement, proposed settlement, regulator refund program, pending lawsuit, investigation, individual arbitration intake, and personal-injury lead. An "active" database status alone does not prove that a settlement exists or that claims are open.
A law firm accepting potential clients is not a settlement administrator, and its intake form is not an official settlement claim form. A news article or settlement-listing website may help us discover a case, but it cannot by itself establish an open filing process.
Source hierarchy
- Court dockets, filed notices, judgments, regulator records, and government refund pages.
- The named settlement administrator's website and claim form.
- Official parties or counsel, used with clear labels and only for facts within their role.
- Reputable secondary reporting, used for discovery or context and checked against a stronger source before filing claims are stated.
Publication and update checklist
- Confirm the record type and current procedural status.
- Confirm whether a filing process actually exists.
- Confirm that filing links belong to the proper authority.
- Check class dates, geography, deadline, proof, and benefit terms.
- Separate a maximum or estimate from a guaranteed payment.
- Record the source and verification date.
- Use a case label when settlement status is not established.
Material changes update the page's verification or modified date. A deployment date alone must not make every page appear newly reviewed.
Review labels and contributor profiles
The "TapClaim Editorial Team" byline is an organizational accountability label. It does not imply review by an attorney or an unnamed outside expert. Named contributor profiles are published only after identity, role, credentials, review areas, conflicts, and consent are verified.
See the editorial team page for current byline and profile disclosures.
Automation and AI assistance
Software may help normalize source data, draft summaries, format fields, or identify possible changes. Automation is not accepted as proof of legal status. Filing authority, deadlines, eligibility, and source labels require checks against the underlying source data.
Legacy catalog audit
TapClaim is migrating legacy records to explicit record-type and filing-authority fields. During that audit, some older records may have an overly broad status or source label. The website should fail safely instead of converting a generic "active" status into a claim-open statement. Suspected examples should be reported through the correction channel.
Corrections
We investigate supported correction reports, update material errors, and disclose changes that alter meaning. Minor spelling or formatting fixes may be made without a public entry. The reporting steps and log coverage date are published on the corrections page.
Commercial independence
A commercial relationship cannot determine whether a source is labeled official or whether a legal matter is described as an open settlement. Learn what subscriptions fund and how store-link measurement works in How TapClaim makes money.