( August 28, 2026, 8:54 AM EDT) -- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ending an “eight-year saga,” a federal judge in Kentucky granted a lead plaintiff’s motion for final approval of a $5 million class action settlement in a consolidated case accusing a pizza chain franchisor of violating the Sherman Act by coordinating no-poach agreements between its franchisees, finding that classwide resolution is appropriate under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23(a) and (b)(3) and that the settlement is “fair, reasonable, and adequate” pursuant to Rule 23(e)....