Government

September 8, 2017 A lawsuit claims social workers for the San Bernardino County (CA) Dept. of Aging and Adult Services regularly work 40-plus-hour weeks without proper wages.

September 8, 2017 A second proposed class action has been filed over damage allegedly caused by controlled water releases at the Addicks and Barker reservoirs during Hurricane Harvey.

September 2, 2017 Montana state officials are the defendants in a proposed class action alleging impoverished residents are subject to a driver's license suspension scheme.

August 31, 2017 Residents of the Lincoln Plaza housing project have sued Wilkes-Barre, PA's housing authority over an allegedly unaddressed bed bug infestation.

July 18, 2017 Homeless San Diego residents claim in a class action lawsuit that the city and other defendants are essentially criminalizing homelessness.

July 18, 2017 Independent School District #625 is facing a class action alleging it discriminates against foreign-born, English-learning students.

July 18, 2017 A former police officer has sued the city of Jacksonville, FL over claims he and other officers over 40 were 'bumped' from their jobs due to their age.

June 29, 2017 Maine's governor and acting comm. of the Dept. of Health and Human Services are facing a class action over the shut down of certain public assistance programs.

June 2, 2017 Kane County, Utah is the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against the United States. The suit alleges that counties containing federal lands were under-compensated.

May 18, 2017 An incarcerated Alabama woman has filed a lawsuit against the Randolph County sheriff, the circuit clerk, the district court magistrate, and the district court judge.

April 7, 2017 Davidson County, Tennessee Sheriff Daron Hall and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County have been sued over alleged unlawful immigrant detentions.

April 7, 2017 A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against the mayor of the District of Columbia and the director of the District of Columbia Department of Human Services.

April 6, 2017 Four detainees are the plaintiffs in a proposed class action against the County of Salem and claim the Salem County Correctional Facility denied them of their rights.

March 22, 2017 A complex proposed class action has unfolded against defendants Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) and the Depository Trust Company (DTC).

February 21, 2017 Reverend Josephine E. Robertson, a refugee and Matriarch of the Miskitu Nation, has filed a proposed class action lawsuit in California against the Republic of Nicaragua.

February 13, 2017 Thirty-nine current and former United States Postal Service employees have put their names on a lawsuit that claims they were not paid proper overtime.

January 13, 2017 Seventeen current and former mail carriers have filed a proposed class action against the United States Postal Service (USPS).

January 12, 2017 Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro and the department itself (HUD) are the defendants in a proposed class action.

December 19, 2016 Nassau County, New York, its police department, and the Nassau County Civil Service Commission are the defendants in a proposed class action.

December 15, 2016 Four plaintiffs have filed a proposed class action against the Secretary of Florida's Department of Children and Families.

December 1, 2016 The United States of America, as well as the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense and others are the defendants in a proposed class action.

November 9, 2016 The operating entity of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Pennsylvania Democratic Committee has been hit with a class action suit over alleged FLSA violations.

November 4, 2016 A rambling class action filed pro se against the United State of America and the Department of Justice looks to stop the 2016 presidential election from happening.

November 4, 2016 Keep Chicago Livable and others have filed a class action against the city of Chicago to challenge the constitutionality of the city's controversial Shared Housing.

November 2, 2016 A class action has been filed in California against the city of Manteca claiming current and former employees were not properly compensated for overtime hours.

October 26, 2016 Lucas County, Ohio, and its county auditor, sheriff's office and juvenile detention center have been hit with a class action seeking unpaid overtime wages.