Settlement of In re Subway Footlong Sandwich Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
Doctor’s Associates Inc. (DAI), the franchisor of Subway® Sandwich Shops, announces that a settlement
has been proposed in a putative class action lawsuit about the marketing of Six Inch and Footlong
Subway® Sandwiches. The Court has not made any findings that any of DAI’s marketing or practices
were improper or unlawful.
In settlement, DAI has agreed to certain practice changes for the benefit of all Subway® customers and
to pay attorney’s fees and class representative service awards. In return, the class, which includes
anyone who has purchased a Six Inch or Footlong sandwich between January 1, 2003 and October 2,
2015, will give up their rights to seek certain injunctive relief claims against DAI but will not give up the
right to seek other remedies.
A federal court must approve the settlement before it becomes final. The Court has scheduled a
Settlement Fairness Hearing for January 15, 2016 and set December 16, 2015 as the deadline for filing
objections to the settlement. This press release is a brief summary of the settlement. More detailed
information and instructions, including information about the practices changes, and the attorney’s fees
and class representative service awards sought, the release of claims, and how to object to the
settlement, are available at the Settlement Website www.subsettlement.com.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin has authorized and approved of
this press release and the information available at www.subsettlement.com.