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

August 9, 2017 An Alabama man claims in a proposed class action that Convergent Outsourcing attempted to collect a delinquent debt supposedly owed to Verizon Wireless.

August 9, 2017 Fagron Holding USA and a few subsidiaries are the defendants a proposed TCPA class action claiming they're behind unlawful junk fax messages.

August 9, 2017 A class action complaint claims Canada Dry Ginger Ale does not contain any ginger, contrary to what defendant Dr. Pepper Snapple Group advertises.

August 9, 2017 A proposed class action out of FL alleges Quiznos.com discriminates against blind and hard-of-sight Internet users in violation of the ADA.

August 9, 2017 A blind Florida man is the plaintiff in a case claiming PlanetFitness.com is not compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act regulations.

August 9, 2017 Shine, Inc., a company that sends out motivational text messages, is facing a case claiming it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

August 9, 2017 An investment firm alleges Deutsche Bank is unlawfully using funds from investors currently suing the company to pay its own legal costs.

August 9, 2017 A former employee claims Northside Imports and Universal Imports Parts owe unpaid time-and-a-half overtime wages.

August 9, 2017 A proposed class action out of CA claims Clorox's Green Works cleaning products are not naturally derived, despite label claims, and contain synthetics.

August 9, 2017 A proposed class action claims Coast to Coast Financial Solutions attempted to collect an illegal $5 fee from consumers.

August 9, 2017 Delivery Dudes and two subsidiary companies are staring down claims they illegally classified delivery drivers as independent contractors, not as employees.

August 9, 2017 Tallahassee Dodge Chrysler Jeep, LLC is facing a class action complaint claiming it sent marketing text messages without first obtaining prior consent.

August 9, 2017 Mastiha Corp. (which does business as Stage Door Deli) and two individual owners are facing a lawsuit filed by a former employee who claims they failed to comply with wage and hour regulations set forth under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York law.

August 9, 2017 Surfside Coffee Company, LLC, which operates roughly 70 Dunkin' Donuts stores in FL, is the defendant in a proposed wage and hour class action.

August 9, 2017 A former employee of Kimnam Co., Inc. has filed suit against the company (which operates as Café Exchange) and an individual who controls the business, claiming their policies fail to comply with labor laws.

August 9, 2017 A New York woman has filed suit against FMS Investment Corp. over allegations that it failed to clearly communicate in collection notices the amount of her alleged debt and thereby hindered her ability to pay it.

August 8, 2017 A proposed class action has been filed against Relin, Goldstein & Crane, LLP over allegations that it falsely represented itself as a law firm personally involved in the collection of consumers’ debts.

August 8, 2017 Deli Management, Inc. (which operates approximately 158 Jason’s Deli restaurants) is facing a proposed collective action filed by a former employee who claims he and other assistant managers were misclassified as exempt from overtime wages.

August 8, 2017 EGS Financial Care, Inc. is on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit claiming it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

August 8, 2017 T.R.F.C. 932 Restaurant Enterprises, Ltd. and an individual with control of the business have been accused of violating federal and state labor laws.

August 8, 2017 Maximus, Inc. and three of the company’s senior executives are facing claims that they deceived the investing public with promises of success despite being aware that the company was struggling to perform on one of its key contracts.

August 8, 2017 Wells Fargo Merchant Services, LLC is on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit filed by two businesses that claim it charges illegal fees for its payment processing services.

August 8, 2017 An individual owner and the respective operating companies of Babylon Hookah Lounge, Ali Baba’s Terrace, and Ali Baba’s Turkish Cuisine are facing a proposed collective action filed by a former employee who claims he was denied proper wages.

August 8, 2017 Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. is facing a proposed class action claiming it issued illegal disclosure forms in connection with pre-employment background checks.

August 8, 2017 Spandex House, Inc., New York Theatrical Supply Inc., and the president of the companies are facing two former employees’ claims that their business practices failed to comply with federal and state labor laws.

August 8, 2017 Five former employees of New York Mexican restaurant La Diagonal Agaveria have filed suit against its operating company, Admiral Services NY LLC, and an individual with control of the business over claims that they violated several labor laws.

August 8, 2017 A Tennessee business has filed suit against five companies who allegedly sent illegal fax advertisements in violation of the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005, an amendment of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991.

August 8, 2017 Tri-State CareFlight, LLC and an individual with control of the business are defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit alleging they failed to pay their flight paramedics, flight nurses, and pilots proper wages.

August 8, 2017 The Advisory Board Company and two top executives are facing claims that they misled investors regarding the success of their acquisition of Royall & Company.

August 5, 2017 Three plaintiffs say NY's Roccaway Construction and Yellowstone Construction committed wage and hour violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

August 5, 2017 Another day, another proposed class action filed against debt collector GC Services Limited Partnership.

August 5, 2017 A proposed class action alleges Pomeroy IT Solutions Sales Co. didn't meet certain legal requirements in obtaining and using background checks.

August 5, 2017 FCI Lender Services, Inc. is the defendant in a class action alleging the company engaged in illegal collection activities.

August 5, 2017 Morningstar, Inc. and two Prudential investment cos. are named in a case claiming their 'GoalMaker' software unlawfully limits investors' options.

August 5, 2017 EGS Financial Care is staring down a proposed class action claiming it sent a 'confusing and misleading' collection notice.

August 5, 2017 The Habitat Company of Alabama and one other are facing claims they improperly classified maintenance supervisors as independent contractors exempt from OT.

August 5, 2017 A consumer's lawsuit claims Northland Group sent a collection notice containing 'ambiguous' language relating to the discharge of a debt.

August 5, 2017 A WI man claims three debt collection groups made unclear and confusing statements in a collection notice.

August 5, 2017 Second-tier soccer club Phoenix Rising FC and its owner are facing a class action alleging sales employees are owed unpaid overtime wages.

August 4, 2017 C. Tech Collections, Inc. is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it sent a collection letter that failed to comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

August 4, 2017 Fortegra Financial Corporation and Ensurety Ventures, LLC (which does business as Omega Auto Care) are on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit alleging Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) violations.

August 4, 2017 The Habitat Company of Alabama, LLC and The Habitat Company LLC are defendants in the second proposed collective action filed against them this week accusing them of misclassifying employees as exempt from overtime wages.

August 4, 2017 Property management firms The Habitat Company of Alabama, LLC and The Habitat Company LLC have been accused in a proposed collective action of failing to pay their employees proper overtime wages.

August 4, 2017 Two Michigan condo owners have filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Association Dues Assurance Corporation over claims that it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Michigan state law by publishing their private debt information.

August 4, 2017 A proposed class action has been filed against Franklin First Financial, Ltd. over allegations that it violated federal law by using an autodialing system to place telemarketing calls to consumers’ cell phones without their prior consent.

August 4, 2017 Merchants & Medical Credit Corporation is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it sent collection letters that failed to clearly identify consumers’ creditors.

August 4, 2017 The operating company and individual owner of Cubby Caboose Mini Express are defendants in a proposed collective action filed by a former employee who claims he was misclassified as an independent contractor and denied overtime wages.

August 4, 2017 Rice Energy, Inc. and its board of directors have been accused of issuing a 'materially incomplete and misleading' registration statement in connection with a potential merger between the company and EQT Corporation.

August 4, 2017 WashingtonFirst Bankshares, Inc., members of its board of directors, Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc., and subsidiary Touchdown Acquisition, Inc. are facing a proposed securities class action filed on behalf of WashingtonFirst stockholders.

August 4, 2017 Glazer-Kennedy Insider’s Circle, LLC (GKIC) is facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a law firm that claims the marketing company sent it illegal fax advertisements.