Business/Finance

February 5, 2018 A consumer says Wells Fargo performed a credit check without permission roughly 10 years after she filed for bankruptcy and her auto debt was discharged.

January 30, 2018 Bitconnect faces another class action in which the plaintiff claims the shuttered cryptocurrency exchange/lending platform was no more than a Ponzi scheme.

January 26, 2018 A group of banks, law firms, and loan servicers are facing a proposed class action that was removed to California federal court this January and accuses the parties of wrongfully collecting on defaulted mortgage loans.

January 26, 2018 Rite Aid Corporation is facing another proposed class action alleging it engineered an 'unfair and deceptive price scheme' to overcharge customers paying for generic drugs through third-party insurance plans.

January 26, 2018 A case out of Maryland claims Toyota Motor Credit Corp. fails to provide enough information to those whose belongs the company has repossessed and resold.

January 25, 2018 Six plaintiffs claim now-shuttered cryptocurrency exchange Bitconnect and several recruiters ran a Ponzi scheme that robbed investors of billions.

January 25, 2018 A class action aims to take Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions to task for its practice of charging consumers extra for the most up-to-date bankruptcy info.

January 23, 2018 A student loan borrower has filed suit against Conduent Education Services, LLC and Access Funding 2015-1, LLC over the loan servicers’ alleged failure to submit timely loan consolidation forms.

January 19, 2018 Bank of America and Specialized Loan Servicing face a suit claiming the companies wrongfully initiated mortgage foreclosure actions against consumers.

January 19, 2018 A Virginia consumer's lawsuit claims Northwood Asset Management deceptively collected on a payday loan debt considered to be invalid under state law.

January 17, 2018 AMC, its top officers, and a group of under-writers face a securities case claiming shareholders were misled prior to a series of 2016/17 acquisitions.

January 16, 2018 Sheridan Production Company, LLC is facing a proposed class action that claims it improperly calculates royalties to be paid to owners of the wells from which it extracts oil and natural gas.

January 15, 2018 Vircurex faces claims that has yet to refund cryptocurrency holders after it froze access to its online exchange following two 'hacks' in mid-2013.

January 15, 2018 Hotels.com, Expedia, Travelscape and Reservations Technologies face a lawsuit over allegedly excessive taxes and fees charged on Reservations.com.

January 11, 2018 A group of investors has filed a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of all those who purchased investments from Woodbridge Group of Companies, LLC or its affiliates, claiming the companies’ business model was a Ponzi scheme destined for failure.

January 10, 2018 A consumer has filed a second lawsuit against Credit One Bank after it attempted to collect a debt it already sold off to another entity.

January 2, 2018 Preferred Care Partners, Inc. and iCare Health Solutions LLC are facing a proposed class action that claims the defendants violated the terms of their healthcare policies and denied participants the full value of their benefits.

January 2, 2018 Two plaintiffs have sued Rhode Island HHS Secretary Eric Beane over the 'great strain' put on some by the shuttering of the state's MPP benefit program.

December 22, 2017 According to a lawsuit, Comerica Bank overlooked a series of red flags, effectively enabling one individual to embezzle millions in a Ponzi scheme.

December 22, 2017 A 9.75% 'administrative fee' is at the center of Kay-Kay Realty's lawsuit in which it says CSC ServiceWorks 'outright disregarded' contract terms.

December 22, 2017 A lawsuit claims Huntington Learning Centers includes 'spousal guarantees' in franchise agreements that violate the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

December 21, 2017 A lawsuit claims 16 defendants are behind a 'rent-a-tribe' scheme in which the companies, 'borrowing' sovereign immunity, prey on cash-strapped consumers.

December 21, 2017 Allegedly false and misleading retail installment sales contracts are the focal point of a lawsuit against Fred Beans Motors of Doylestown (PA).

December 20, 2017 A lawsuit claims Monkey Capital fraudulently induced investors into dumping money into its Initial Coin Offering before suspiciously postponing the event.

December 19, 2017 Centra Tech and four individuals face a class action claiming the company's ICO between July and October 2017 violated federal securities regulations.

December 14, 2017 Allstate Indemnity Company facing a lawsuit that alleges the defendant improperly calculated reimbursement to be paid to a Florida chiropractic firm for providing services to a man injured in a motor vehicle accident.

December 14, 2017 Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims it violates the terms of its insurance policies by refusing to pay for electronic scans of policyholders’ vehicles after repairs.

December 13, 2017 A lawsuit lays out claims that Virginia Credit Union imposed overdraft fees despite the plaintiff's account never sinking to a negative balance.

December 8, 2017 A NJ consumer claims TD Bank ignores its own overdraft-prevention rule when it comes to ride-share transactions to collect customers' overdraft fees.

December 8, 2017 Ideal Credit Union has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit out of Minnesota alleging it charges improper and excessive overdraft fees.

December 8, 2017 A lawsuit claims CenturyLink and those who manage its 401(k) plan violated ERISA by sticking with a consistently underperforming investment option.

December 7, 2017 Agway Energy Services, LLC is facing claims that it deceived its customers into switching from their local utility providers with introductory 'teaser' rates only to significantly raise their rates once the introductory period was over.

December 7, 2017 Santander Bank, N.A. is facing a New Jersey man’s proposed class action that takes issue with its allegedly false representations in mortgage loan documents.

December 5, 2017 According to a lawsuit, USAmeriBancorp and Valley National last September submitted an incomplete, misleading merger registration statement to the SEC.

December 4, 2017 NaviStone faces a fourth proposed class action over its alleged 'wiretapping' of consumers online. This time, Quicken Loans is named as a co-defendant.

December 4, 2017 Royal Park Investments SA/NV has filed a proposed class action on behalf of residential mortgage-backed securities investors.

December 1, 2017 A New Jersey man has filed a proposed class action against M&T Bank Corp. and American Security Insurance Company alleging the companies have an exclusive arrangement to “manipulate the force-placed insurance market.”

November 30, 2017 A lawsuit alleges Providence Health & Services violated ERISA by paying recordkeeper Fidelity 'excessive and unreasonable' fees.

November 30, 2017 The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC is facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a Florida man who alleges the hotel chain illegally adds an automatic gratuity to bills for food and beverages without including sufficient notice.

November 29, 2017 Lincoln National Corp. and Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. have been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the companies deceptively handled their life insurance policies to induce lapses of coverage.

November 28, 2017 Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC and six affiliates have been named as defendants in a proposed class action that claims the parties operated an illegal online payday lending scheme while exploiting a Native American tribe’s sovereign immunity.

November 16, 2017 National Research Corporation and five directors have been accused of approving a stock transaction that will force stockholders out of the value of their shares and award an overwhelming majority of voting rights to the company’s CEO.

November 15, 2017 Infinity Auto Insurance supposedly misapplied a Medicare rule with which it's been deducting payments for certain medical services in Florida.

November 14, 2017 Progressive Corporation, two of its affiliates, and Mitchell International, Inc. are facing claims that they artificially deflated the 'actual cash value' of vehicles for which consumers have submitted 'total loss' claims.

November 14, 2017 Prosper, Inc. and Monterey Financial Services, Inc. have been accused in a proposed class action of charging excessive interest on a personal loan in violation of state law.

November 13, 2017 A TN John Deere dealer claims WH Administrators has failed to repay health insurance plan participants' medical claims and withheld accounting information.

November 13, 2017 A California couple claims Diamond Resorts Intl. and Barclays Bank Delaware utilize unscrupulous tactics to mislead timeshare buyers.

November 7, 2017 Nerium International, LLC, Nerium Skin Care, Inc., Natural Technology, Inc. (which does business as NaturTech), and five Nerium executives are facing claims that the parties are operating an illegal pyramid scheme.

November 3, 2017 A Florida real estate business has filed suit against American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, Avatel Technologies, Inc., The CIT Group Inc., and Assurant, Inc. over claims that the companies artificially inflated the cost of force-placed insurance.

November 3, 2017 A lawsuit claims the business loan company robocalled called consumers using an artificial or prerecorded voice message without consent.