Google has agreed to create a fund of 11 million dollars as part of a a class action settlement for terminating or disabling a publisher’s Adsense accounts, but not paying out any balances that the publisher had at the time. Free Range Content, Inc. alleged that Google would shut down an Adsense account shortly before a payment was to be made and then deny the publisher the balance owed on the account. Google has “has at all times denied and continues to deny any and all alleged wrongdoing”””
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-agrees-to-pay-11-million-to-owners-of-suspended-adsense-accounts/