In 1998 all of the accused parties except one settled with the FTC and a $250,000 redress fund was set up for inventors taken in by the firms.[3] In 2006, judgment was rendered against Davison & Associates.[11] They were fined $US 26 million to be used to compensate defrauded clients.[12] Davison appealed the judgment,and then settled with the FTC for $10.7 million in 2008.[13]