Editing Amway (section)

===U.S. class action settlement===
On November 3, 2010, Amway announced that it had agreed to pay $56&nbsp;million—$34&nbsp;million in cash and $22&nbsp;million in products—to settle a [[class action]] that had been filed in Federal District Court in California in 2007.<ref name=classaction>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Knape |url=http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/11/amway_agrees_to_pay_56_million.html |title=Amway agrees to pay $56 million, settle case alleging it operates a 'pyramid scheme' |date=November 3, 2010 |website=MLive |access-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201131018/https://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/11/amway_agrees_to_pay_56_million.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The class action, which had been brought against Quixtar and several of its top-level distributors, alleged fraud, [[racketeering]], and that the defendants operated as an illegal pyramid scheme.

Amway, while noting that the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing or liability, acknowledged that it had made changes to its business operations as a result of the lawsuit. The settlement is subject to approval by the court, which was expected in early 2011.<ref name=classaction/> The economic value of the settlement, including the changes Amway made to its business model, totals $100&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/11/lawyers_say_their_20_million_p.html |title="Lawyers say their $20 million payment is fair for $100 million settlement in Amway pyramid scheme lawsuit", ''Grand Rapids Press'' (November 4, 2010) |publisher=Mlive.com |access-date=July 9, 2011 |date=November 4, 2010 |archive-date=June 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617043359/http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/11/lawyers_say_their_20_million_p.html |url-status=live }}</ref>