People in California and Pennsylvania who ran searches on Labcorp's website between May 1, 2021 and April 1, 2026 are covered by a proposed class action settlement that pays no money and has no claim form to file. Labcorp would instead drop certain website tracking technologies for two years, and class members keep their claims for damages.
Current Status
There is no claim form and no claim deadline in this settlement. The Court granted preliminary approval and notice is running, but the benefit to the class is a set of business-practice changes at Labcorp rather than a payment, so Settlement Class Members do not have to do anything. Written objections and comments, and any Notice of Intention to Appear, must be postmarked by November 23, 2026. The Final Approval Hearing is set for December 14, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time in Greensboro, North Carolina, and no ruling has been entered.Free settlement alerts
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What Changed Recently?
Notice went out to the California and Pennsylvania Settlement Classes in a case called Howard v. Laboratory Corp. of America, Case No. 1:23-cv-758-WO-JEP, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Plaintiffs allege that Laboratory Corporation of America and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings violated California and Pennsylvania wiretapping laws by facilitating, through third-party tracking technologies, the interception of personally identifiable information and of searches users ran on Labcorp's website. Labcorp denies those and all other allegations of wrongdoing and liability, denies all claims asserted against it, and says the settlement is not an admission that any of the allegations have merit. The Court has not decided who is right or wrong.The settlement reaches only the injunctive-relief side of the case. That is why the notice pairs two unusual statements: there is no money for class members, and class members give up no claims for money either.
Who Qualifies?
The settlement covers two classes, defined in the notice as all persons in California, and all persons in Pennsylvania, who conducted Search Queries on Labcorp's website from May 1, 2021 to April 1, 2026."Search Queries" is defined broadly. It means search terms or search queries, including entering any search term into a search bar or search menu on labcorp.com and its subpages, and also making any selection from a drop-down menu on the website. Someone who used the site to look up a test, a location or a service during that window is likely inside the class definition even if they never created an account.
Excluded from the Settlement Class are Labcorp and its current employees, officers, directors, legal representatives, heirs, successors and wholly or partly owned subsidiaries or affiliated companies; the lawyers for the plaintiffs and their employees; and the judge and court staff assigned to the action. There is no notice ID, no class member number and no eligibility lookup, because nothing in this settlement is claimed.
What Does the Settlement Provide?
No fund was created and no cash is being distributed. If the settlement is approved and any appeals of that approval are resolved, Labcorp has agreed to four things, according to the notice:- Stop using or enabling certain tracking technologies — the notice names the Meta Pixel and Google Analytics as examples, with the full definition in the settlement agreement — on labcorp.com and any of its subpages for two years.
- Conduct an annual review and prepare a compliance report showing it is not using the technologies the settlement prohibits.
- Create or maintain a written policy on the appropriate use of externally developed tracking technologies on its website.
- Designate a senior employee responsible for overseeing compliance with those terms.
The release is narrow to match. A Settlement Class Member gives up the right to sue Labcorp and affiliated entities for injunctive relief arising out of or related to the factual predicate described in the operative complaint. Claims for damages or other monetary relief are not released for anyone other than the Settlement Class Representatives, so an individual money claim over the same conduct survives this settlement. The settlement agreement itself, available on the official website, controls the exact scope of the Released Claims.
Is There a Claim Form?
No. There is no claim form, no claim portal and no claim deadline anywhere in this settlement, and there is no opt-out either. Because the plaintiffs sought only injunctive relief and Labcorp agreed only to injunctive relief, the notice states that Settlement Class Members cannot exclude themselves, and everyone in the class is bound if the Court approves the deal.Important: that combination makes this settlement a natural target for imitation. Any site that offers a "Labcorp settlement claim form," asks for a Social Security number or bank details, or promises a payment from this case is not connected to it. The only official destination is the settlement website run by the administrator, Epiq.
What Is the Deadline?
The one date that asks anything of a class member is November 23, 2026, the postmark deadline for a written objection or comment, and for a Notice of Intention to Appear at the hearing. The notice sets no timezone for it because it is a postmark date rather than an online submission.An objection must be in writing and mailed to the Clerk of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina — the mailing address is printed in the official notice. To be considered, the notice says it must give the case name and number, the objector's name, mailing address, e-mail address and signature (plus counsel's signature if represented), the specific part of the settlement or the fee request being objected to along with any supporting law or evidence, and a statement of class membership identifying that the objector ran a Search Query on Labcorp's website during the class period and the state they were in at the time. A class member who does not object in that form waives the right to object or be heard at the Final Approval Hearing.
How Do You Take Action?
For most people in the class, the answer is that no action is available or required — the relief arrives, if the Court approves it, as a change to how Labcorp's website works. Class members who want to read the settlement agreement, the long-form notice and the other filings, or who want the current hearing information, can do that on the official Laboratory Corporation Website Settlement site.Class members who disagree with the deal, or with the fee and service-award request, can object in writing by the November 23, 2026 postmark deadline and can ask to speak at the hearing. Attending is optional and at the class member's own expense.
How This Compares to the Labcorp AMCA Data Breach Settlement
These are two separate cases against the same company, and they have almost nothing in common beyond the defendant. The Labcorp AMCA data breach settlement came out of the 2018–2019 cybersecurity incident at American Medical Collection Agency, a third-party billing vendor, and was litigated as part of a multidistrict proceeding in the District of New Jersey. It created a $35 million fund, it paid an estimated $50 alternative cash payment or up to $5,000 in documented losses plus two years of medical monitoring, it required a Class Member ID from a mailed or emailed notice, and its claim deadline was September 3, 2026.This case is about tracking code on Labcorp's public website rather than a breach at a vendor, it is in North Carolina rather than New Jersey, it is limited to California and Pennsylvania residents rather than nationwide, and it produces no fund, no claim form and no payment. Filing a claim in the AMCA settlement did not create any right in this one, and nothing here revives that claim deadline. The class periods do overlap, so plenty of people are covered by both, and the two settlements release different things: AMCA released the breach claims it paid for, while this settlement releases only injunctive-relief claims over website tracking.
What Happens Next?
Settlement Class Counsel said they will file the motion for attorneys' fees, expenses and service awards on or before November 14, 2026, asking for fees and expenses in an aggregate amount not to exceed $4.875 million and service awards of up to $2,500 each for three Settlement Class Representatives. The Court may award less. Because there is no common fund, those amounts do not come out of anything payable to the class.At the December 14, 2026 hearing the Court will consider whether the settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate, will consider any objections, and will decide the fee and service-award requests. The notice says the hearing may be held by videoconference or moved without further notice, so the official website is the place to confirm the date. If the Court denies approval, none of the agreed terms take effect and the lawsuit continues. If approval is granted, the two-year tracking-technology commitment begins once the approval is final and any appeals are resolved.
Sources and Verification
This page is built from the official settlement website for Howard v. Laboratory Corp. of America, its Frequently Asked Questions page, and the court-approved long-form Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement, which is embedded in full below. The case caption, case number and court are as stated in those documents: Howard v. Laboratory Corp. of Am., Case No. 1:23-cv-758-WO-JEP, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. The settlement agreement and the other filings are posted on the Documents page of the official settlement website. This page is informational and is not legal advice.Questions
Is there a claim form for the Labcorp website tracking settlement?
No. There is no claim form, no claim deadline and no claims portal, because the settlement is injunctive relief only — Labcorp has agreed to business-practice changes rather than to pay money. Settlement Class Members do not need to do anything to receive the benefit of those changes, and any website that asks for personal details to file a Labcorp website tracking claim is not part of this settlement.
Will Settlement Class Members get money from the Labcorp website tracking settlement?
No. According to the official notice, the settlement provides only injunctive relief and does not provide monetary compensation to Settlement Class Members. In exchange, Settlement Class Members other than the Settlement Class Representatives do not release any claims for damages or other monetary relief, so an individual damages claim over the same tracking allegations is not given up by this settlement.
Who is in the Labcorp website tracking Settlement Class?
There are two Settlement Classes: all persons in California, and all persons in Pennsylvania, who conducted Search Queries on Labcorp's website between May 1, 2021 and April 1, 2026. Search Queries means entering search terms into a search bar or search menu on labcorp.com or its subpages, and also making selections from any drop-down menu on the website. Labcorp and its current employees, officers, directors, legal representatives, heirs, successors and wholly or partly owned subsidiaries or affiliated companies are excluded, as are the lawyers for the plaintiffs and their employees and the judge and court staff assigned to the action.
What has Labcorp agreed to change on its website?
If the settlement is approved and any appeals are resolved, Labcorp has agreed to stop using or enabling certain tracking technologies defined by the settlement agreement — the notice gives the Meta Pixel and Google Analytics as examples — on labcorp.com and its subpages for two years. Labcorp has also agreed to conduct an annual review and prepare a compliance report showing it is not using the prohibited technologies, to create or maintain a written policy on the appropriate use of externally developed tracking technologies, and to designate a senior employee to oversee compliance.
Can Settlement Class Members opt out of the Labcorp website tracking settlement?
No. The notice states that because the plaintiffs sought only injunctive relief and Labcorp agreed only to injunctive relief, Settlement Class Members cannot opt out. Every member of the Settlement Class is bound by the settlement if the Court approves it. Class members who disagree can object to or comment on the settlement in writing instead, postmarked by November 23, 2026.
When will the Court decide whether to approve the Labcorp settlement?
The Final Approval Hearing is scheduled for December 14, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time in Courtroom 1 of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in Greensboro. The notice says the hearing may be held by videoconference or moved to another date or time without additional notice, so the official settlement website is the place to confirm it. Attendance is not required, and class members who want to speak must submit a Notice of Intention to Appear postmarked by November 23, 2026.
How much are the lawyers asking for in the Labcorp website tracking settlement?
Settlement Class Counsel said they will file a motion on or before November 14, 2026 asking the Court to award attorneys' fees and reimbursement of litigation expenses in an aggregate amount not to exceed $4.875 million, plus service awards of up to $2,500 each to three Settlement Class Representatives. The Court may award less than those amounts. Because no common fund is being paid to the class, the fee request does not reduce any payment to Settlement Class Members.
