Legal News - Class Action Lawsuit & Class Action Settlement News & Updates

December 21, 2018 A class action bumped to district court claims Payless Shoesource failed to both obtain proper authorization to perform background checks and provide rest breaks.

December 21, 2018 After filing a lawsuit last year against Diamond Resorts, two consumers allege the company and Experian have yet to remedy negative trade lines on their credit reports.

December 20, 2018 Scotty’s Diner faces a lawsuit wherein a former delivery worker alleges he was deprived of appropriate wages.

December 20, 2018 A proposed class action claims that Account Services Collections, Inc. sent a consumer a letter that did not properly identify the woman’s creditor.

December 20, 2018 The owners and operators of BBC Deli & Grocery find themselves on the receiving end of a lawsuit filed by a former cook over alleged wage infractions.

December 20, 2018 A consumer claims that Alltran Financial failed to disclose that his American Express debt was accruing interest and fees.

December 20, 2018 A class action lawsuit claims Tropicana should pump the brakes on claiming its Essentials Probiotic product is, in fact, essential.

December 20, 2018 Citing a NY AG report, a class action alleges Stew Leonard's has duped consumers by mislabeling its red snapper and sockeye salmon products.

December 19, 2018 From Illinois federal court comes a lawsuit that alleges Rocco Fiore & Sons, Inc. maintains a practice of failing to pay H-2B visa workers lawful wages.

December 19, 2018 A proposed class action filed against U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, in his official capacity, claims he has “nonsensically” denied Medicare coverage for continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) for diabetes patients.

December 19, 2018 A class action filed over Facebook's allegedly secret location tracking has been reassigned from a magistrate judge to a California district court judge.

December 19, 2018 Pick A Part joins Rush Auto Recyclers and two individuals with control of the companies as defendants in an unpaid overtime lawsuit.

December 19, 2018 A consumer has filed a lawsuit against Nationwide Credit wherein he claims the collection agency misrepresented his American Express debt as accelerated.

December 19, 2018 A class action alleges two types of GM transmissions suffer from a defect that produces a “shake, shudder, jerk, clunk or ‘hard shift’” when a driver accelerates.

December 19, 2018 A collective action alleges Amazon.com and On the Go Express have failed to pay delivery drivers proper minimum and overtime wages.

December 19, 2018 A class action claims the no-poach, no-hire provisions in Papa John's franchise agreements have suppressed workers' wages and employment opportunities.

December 18, 2018 A New Jersey consumer claims that Oliphant Financial sent him a collection notice that failed to accurately communicate his debt dispute rights.

December 18, 2018 A former pipeline inspector alleges that Spectra Energy Operating Company misclassified him as an independent contractor exempt from overtime wages.

December 18, 2018 A former food runner and barback has sued the operators of Central Park restaurant The Loeb Boathouse over claims of wage infractions and harassment.

December 18, 2018 Tarte faces a proposed class action over allegations that its skincare and makeup products are not all natural and contain a number of synthetic ingredients.

December 18, 2018 Expedia, Inc. is among the defendants in a proposed class action out of Washington that claims the travel company secretly inflates the taxes it charges customers for hotel reservations made through Reservations.com.

December 18, 2018 A class action says Hyundai and Kia owe consumers answers due to the propensity of certain allegedly defective engines to spontaneously combust during normal use.

December 17, 2018 Ideal Image has been hit with a lawsuit filed by a former lead sales consultant who alleges she was deprived of proper compensation for overtime work.

December 17, 2018 A Florida man’s lawsuit against Quicken Loans claims that the company violated the TCPA by sending unsolicited promotional messages to his cell phone.

December 17, 2018 A lawsuit claims a government contractor and two subcontractors failed to pay proper wages diesel mechanics in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

December 17, 2018 A class action alleges Samsung has inflated the pixel counts and screen resolution for certain smartphones in an effort to make the devices more appealing to consumers.

December 17, 2018 The companies and individuals who operate Dakota, Maya Day + Nightclub, The District and Shade at W Scottsdale face allegations of improper tip pooling.

December 17, 2018 A Cat5 Resources employee has filed suit against the disaster preparation and recovery company in which the man claims he is owed unpaid overtime wages.

December 17, 2018 A wage and hour lawsuit filed in California against Encore Health Resources, LLC has been removed to federal court in Texas.

December 17, 2018 A former Nisen Sushi teriyaki chef claims he was not paid proper overtime or spread-of-hours wages.

December 17, 2018 Prime Communications is on the receiving end of a lawsuit filed by a former store manager who claims he was deprived of proper wages for overtime work.

December 14, 2018 Lord & Taylor, LLC has been hit with a lawsuit in which a former sales associate claims she and other shoe department sales employees are owed unpaid wages stemming from overtime-compensable hours and reduced commission payments.

December 14, 2018 A proposed class action recently transferred from California to Ohio federal court takes issue with defendant Fifth Third Bank’s alleged practice of charging unlawful fees on ATM and payment transactions.

December 14, 2018 An Arkansas IHOP operator faces a lawsuit in which two former employees claim at an improper tip-credited hourly rate.

December 14, 2018 A class action alleges the Bosch-made CP4 high-pressure fuel pump with which certain diesel trucks are equipped is not fit for American fuel standards and can fail prematurely.

December 14, 2018 Log Creek Logging, Inc. has been named in a lawsuit filed by a “skidder operator” who claims he was robbed of proper wages.

December 14, 2018 Comprehensive Healthcare Management Services and CHMS Group face a lawsuit wherein a licensed practical nurse alleges she was denied proper overtime wages.

December 14, 2018 A proposed collective and class action alleges that C&I Engineering improperly paid hourly employees at their respective straight-time rates for overtime work.

December 13, 2018 An ERISA class action alleges PepsiCo's retirement plan administrators failed to offer alternative benefits that are actuarially equivalent to a single life annuity offering.

December 13, 2018 A lawsuit claims the chemical agent disposal company failed to pay proper wages as the result of time spent by employees performing off-the-clock work.

December 13, 2018 A lawsuit alleges that Forster & Garbus and Capital One Bank use false affidavits of service in order to obtain default judgments against debtors.

December 13, 2018 A proposed class action alleges the operators of Brightwood College intentionally misled students and staff about how long the school would remain open and effectively robbed them of degrees and tuition money.

December 12, 2018 Ticketmaster's "verified resale program" is at the center of a lawsuit that alleges the ticket brokers allow themselves to take a second cut on resold event tickets.

December 12, 2018 In a class action, a New York woman alleges debt collector law firm Houslanger & Associates, PLLC and two of the firm’s attorneys misrepresent to pro se litigants that they may not seek legal help in any way except by fully engaging an attorney.

December 12, 2018 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. is among the defendants in a proposed class action that claims the auto manufacturer deceived investors by understating the amount of compensation it paid recently arrested former CEO Carlos Ghosn over the past decade.

December 12, 2018 Two consumers allege Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions misrepresents in credit reports the source of public record information, such as bankruptcy filings.

December 12, 2018 A proposed class action alleges that A-1 Collection Service falsely stated it held a Wisconsin debt collection license.

December 12, 2018 FBCS and LVNV Funding face a lawsuit that alleges the companies failed to provide a consumer with proper debt dispute instructions.

December 12, 2018 A proposed class action filed in Wisconsin argues that Credit Bureau Data, Inc.’s company name falsely suggests the company is a credit reporting agency.

December 11, 2018 Mylan and Rite Aid are facing a class action that claims the companies respectively manufactured and sold generic valsartan medications despite possessing knowledge that the drugs were contaminated with probable carcinogen N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA).