Interest Rates, Data Tracking and More In this issue, we’ll open with a look at potentially unlawful interest rates on certain cash advances and how your data is being treated on various financial sites. More on that below. From there, new lawsuits have been filed over salmonella-contaminated jalapeños and how a popular TV brand advertises its mini-LED TVs. Keep reading for the details, as well as a handful of new settlements that you may be able to claim. - Ty Armstrong, Writer/Community Manager | | According to attorneys, Super.com’s Super+ subscription fee, express transfer fee, service fee and tipping system may effectively result in consumers paying excessive amounts of interest on cash advances—and without ever being informed of the rate. Attorneys suspect the company could be in violation of various financial and consumer protection laws and are now gathering affected users to take action. Learn more and sign up here. | M&T Bank, Americor: Data Privacy Concerns If you’ve used M&T Bank’s or Americor’s website within the past couple of years, your privacy rights may have been violated. Attorneys suspect that these sites may be using tracking technology to capture web users’ personal data and share it with Google, LinkedIn and other third parties without proper consent. This page has more on the investigations and what consumers can do. | | 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 ~ Olive Garden Customers: Overcharged for Delivery? Attorneys working with ClassAction.org believe that Olive Garden may unlawfully hide the delivery and service fee it charges on online orders until the end of the checkout process, potentially deceiving customers about the true price of their orders. If you ordered delivery on the Olive Garden app or website in the last three years, this page has more information on what you can do. | 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 - MDLIVE - Data Privacy
You may be able to claim a piece of this settlement if you accessed MDLIVE's patient portal between May 30, 2023 and August 11, 2025. - BuyAlerts - Unwanted Texts
You may be included in this settlement if you received more than one text message from BuyAlerts selling its products or services between January 1, 2022 and August 7, 2026 after opting out or while your number was on the Do Not Call Registry. - Educational Computer Systems - Data Breach
You may be included in this settlement if your private information was exposed in the Educational Computer Systems data breach that occurred between October 29, 2023 and February 12, 2024. | | | 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 ~ | A recently filed lawsuit is claiming that Qdoba failed to warn the public that its food products contained jalapeño peppers that were potentially contaminated with salmonella. The case was filed in the wake of a mid-2026 multistate salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeño peppers grown in Sinaloa, Mexico and distributed to food service companies by Coast Citrus. Read more. | | A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Samsung has misrepresented its M Series “Mini LED” televisions in that the products do not contain the advanced backlighting display technology of true mini-LED TVs and thus cannot deliver the advertised picture quality. Learn more about the allegations here. | ~ Forward to a friend ~
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