Were You Charged Fees on a Cash Advance? In this issue, we start off with a look at cash advance fees that may be illegally high interest rates in disguise. Then, an investigation has been opened into whether recruiters are being paid properly. More on that below. Next, some recently filed lawsuits take issue with potentially defective slow cookers and how a certain dating app allegedly failed to prevent a major data breach, respectively. Plus, we have a handful of new settlements that are open for claims to be filed. Be sure to check those out to see if you are owed money. - Ty Armstrong, Writer/Community Manager | | Personal finance app ATM.com may be violating state and federal financial laws by assessing certain fees in connection with its ATM Instant Cash service. Although ATM.com claims its cash advances are interest-free, the attorneys believe the platform’s transaction fee—which ranges from $5 to five percent of the requested amount—and monthly membership fee may essentially amount to unlawfully high interest rates in disguise. Learn how to take action. | Recruiters Denied Overtime Pay? Attorneys believe some staffing firms and recruiting agencies may have violated a federal labor law by failing to pay recruiters for overtime. According to the attorneys, recruiters may not qualify for any exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, meaning they could be legally entitled to overtime pay even if they are paid a salary. Find out how to take action here. | | New Data Breach Investigations | | | Got a data breach notice? Don’t throw it out – and check out our full list of ongoing investigations here. You may be able to help get a class action lawsuit started. | | | | ~ In Case You Missed It ~ Roblox Data Privacy Arbitration: Sign Up Today Attorneys working with ClassAction.org believe that Roblox may regularly and persistently track the personal data of minors and distribute it to third-party advertisers without consent from users or their parents, potentially violating state and federal privacy laws. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 13 who has played Roblox in the last two years, join others taking action over this privacy concern. Learn more and sign up here | Case Updates Our settlements page is always being updated. Have you checked to see if you're covered by any open settlements? You can also check out the latest settlements as they happen by following us on Twitter. | | Latest Settlements - Sprouts Farmers Market – Receipts
You may be included in this settlement if you used your personal credit or debit card at a Sprouts grocery store in the United States and had more than the last five digits of your card number printed on the receipt. - Ideal Image Development Corporation
You may be covered by this settlement if you used IdealImage.com to schedule a consultation for services between January 1, 2023 and January 26, 2026. - Cumming Management Group - Job Postings (Washington)
You may be covered by this settlement if you applied to a job opening in Washington with Cumming Management Group between January 1, 2023 and January 28, 2026. | | | To view a complete list of settlements and to find out how you can file a claim, click here. | |
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| | ~ In Other News ~ | Crock-Pot is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the nonstick Teflon coating in the company’s Easy-to-Clean line of slow cookers is prone to detach, bubble, flake, chip and peel off into food, rendering the product impossible to clean, ineffective for cooking and wholly unfit for its intended use. Per the case, the Teflon coating contains toxic “forever chemicals” that can be harmful if ingested. Learn more about the case on this page. | | A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Bumble is responsible for a “massive and preventable” January 2026 data breach that reportedly saw cybercriminals exfiltrate more than 30 gigabytes of files containing sensitive user information. The case accuses Bumble of failing to have reasonable cybersecurity standards in place and, as a result, enabling unauthorized access to users’ Social Security numbers and other personal data. Learn more. | ~ Forward to a friend ~
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