Anyone who bought Dr. Squatch products in the United States between Nov. 1, 2018 and Aug. 29, 2026 can file a claim in a settlement over the company’s “natural” labels, with a Nov. 27, 2026 deadline. The class period ended Aug. 29, 2026, two days before the court-approved notice was published. Payments will be shared pro rata from a $9 million fund, and the final approval hearing is March 2, 2027.
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Purchases from the first sale to the last day of August
The settlement website defines the class as all persons who purchased covered products from Dr. Squatch, LLC in the United States between Nov. 1, 2018 and Aug. 29, 2026. Current and former employees, officers, directors and agents of the company, and their immediate family, are excluded. The court-approved notice distributed on Aug. 31 repeats the same definition and lists the Nov. 27, 2026 filing cutoff, with the claim form available online or by mail. That notice carries the same toll-free number, 1-855-706-1956, and the same Baton Rouge mailing address for the administrator that the website lists, so the two records agree on where claims go and how questions are answered.
Nineteen products at the center of the natural-label claim
The case, Guzman et al. v. Dr. Squatch, LLC, is No. 25STCV03523 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, with Victor Guzman listed first among the named plaintiffs. They allege the company represented certain products as natural even though they contained ingredients the plaintiffs describe as synthetic. Dr. Squatch has denied the allegations and any wrongdoing throughout, according to the site. The other named plaintiffs are Perry Bruno, Lauren Fleming, David Plowden, Karen Betzag and Jaime Napolitano, and the 25 at the start of the case number indicates a 2025 filing.
The FAQ page lists nineteen covered products, all carrying the “natural” name, among them the bar soap, body wash, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, lotion, hand sanitizer, lip balm and wipes. The full roster also includes beard oil, cologne, cologne oil, face wash, hand soap, lotion to powder, post shave and shave butter. Buyers of other Dr. Squatch items fall outside the list.
A $9 million fund divided by claim count
The FAQ states the company agreed to a settlement fund of $9,000,000. Up to one third may go to attorney fees, up to $50,000 to costs and up to $40,000 to class representatives, and about $475,000 is estimated for administration, with the remainder paid to claimants pro rata based on the number of valid claims. The administrator gives no fixed amount per purchase. Because the fund is fixed, each additional valid claim shrinks every claimant’s share, which is how a payout based on the number of valid claims submitted operates. Taking every stated maximum and estimate together, including the $3 million one-third share, roughly $5.4 million would remain for claimants, and that remainder is what valid claims divide.
ClassAction.org reported terms of $0.50 per eligible product, up to 20 products with proof of purchase and up to 5 without, with payouts depending on total valid claims. The administrator pages read for this article do not restate those figures, so they are best confirmed on the claim form. Class counsel’s fee request is up to one third of the fund, or $3 million, plus up to $50,000 in expenses, and the six named plaintiffs share up to $40,000 in service awards. The final approval hearing is at 10 a.m. Pacific on March 2, 2027 in Department 11 at 312 N. Spring Street in Los Angeles.
An eight-year purchase history, and two dates that arrive in the wrong order
The class window covers nearly eight years, so a long-time customer may have bought dozens of the covered items with no receipts left. If ClassAction.org’s account is accurate, that history is where the two caps matter, since claimants without proof are limited to five products. The reported per-product structure would turn on the claimant’s own count of covered items bought rather than on a receipt total. The administrator’s pages do not detail proof requirements, and the FAQ does not address per-household limits.
The dates also run in an awkward sequence. The nearest date is only 13 days from Sept. 30. Opt-out and objection requests are due Oct. 13, 2026, more than six weeks before the Nov. 27 claim deadline, and class members who do not opt out give up claims related to the natural labeling. A person deciding whether to file therefore has to decide about the release first. The FAQ gives the administrator’s mailing address as P.O. Box 1389, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 for those who prefer paper, and the notice states the claim form can be submitted online or by mail.
The claim itself is direct. The administrator takes claims at personalcareproductssettlement.pnclassaction.com and answers questions at 1-855-706-1956, with no paid help required, and the pages read for this article mention no filing fee. On its own refund-program pages the FTC notes that it never asks a consumer to pay anything to collect a settlement payment.
Small Pro Rata Payouts and the Records Behind Them
A settlement with a long purchase history, a pro rata payout and separate opt-out and claim dates leaves a gap between filing a form and knowing what happened to it. Nothing in the Dr. Squatch notice tells a claimant how to keep a record of the filing, the confirmation and the payment that follows the March hearing.
The Settlement & Refund Recovery System includes a claim log and payment tracker and a step-by-step filing walkthrough for keeping the filing, its date and its follow-up in one place.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and checked against the primary sources linked above.
Warren Cohen is a finance writer based in Phoenix, Arizona, covering personal finance topics including credit, banking, and beginner investing. He earned his degree in business administration from Arizona State University and began his career working in consumer finance, where he gained direct experience with lending and credit systems. He now writes for personal finance websites and fintech platforms, focusing on clear, practical content that helps readers make informed financial decisions.
