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I have seen an email from a lawyer telling the recipient that they may be entitled to money from a class action settlement. After quite a few paragraphs about this, it says:

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT OR THE COURT CLERK’S OFFICE TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT OR THE CLAIM PROCESS.

Whom else would one contact to ask whether this is legitimate? Are notices like that normally included in emails from plaintiff's lawyers in class actions?

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Michael Hardy
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This is standard and appears on any notice of class action settlement I've ever gotten. The clerk cannot tell you anything about the case. The clerk can confirm the case existence, but you can look that up yourself too.

You can look the case up on the internet, there are some aggregator websites specializing in that as well (e.g.: this one or this one, no affiliation). That can help you confirming the contact details.

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