Debt collectors assume considerable risk by taking over debt collections for creditors. One of the highest risks occurs when debt collectors violate one or more provisions of a landmark consumer protection law. Collecto Inc has agreed to compensate eligible class members who are part of a class action lawsuit that alleges Collecto violated the Telephone [...]

Primary plaintiffs Igor Romanov and Betram Hirsch filed the Citibank American Airlines miles promotion class action lawsuit in February of 2012. The two lead plaintiffs alleged Citibank consistently promoted the accumulation of American Airlines miles to motivate customers to open checking and/or savings accounts that held minimum deposits of $25,000. According to Hirsch and Romanov, [...]

Consumers who purchased a Personal Genome Service (PGS) from 23andMe might be eligible to claim financial awards because of the preliminary approval of a class action settlement. The 23andMe class action settlement derived from a class action arbitration submitted to the American Arbitration Association by primary plaintiffs Sarah Diaz and Karen David-Hudson. The lead plaintiffs [...]

Primary plaintiffs James Boswell and Malia Levin filed the Costco coconut oil mislabeling lawsuit in March of 2016. The two primary plaintiffs asserted Costco misrepresented its line of coconut oil as “healthy.” Mostly sold in two-jar packs, the house brand coconut oil sold under the Kirkland label possesses a significant amount of saturated fat. The [...]

Legendary comedian Henny Youngman’s most famous line was “Take my wife.” You can expand the famous comedic line by saying “Take my wife, but leave the cable.” As Charter Communications discovered, Massachusetts customers take their cable service seriously. Three Charter Communication customers filed the initial class action lawsuit against the cable company in November of [...]

If you received a Los Angeles gang injunction before February 20, 2013, you might be eligible to enjoy the benefits paid out of a class action settlement. A judge granted final approval for the Los Angeles gang injunction class action settlement on March 24, 2017. The class action settlement stems from allegations that the city […]

Primary plaintiff James Pauley filed a class action lawsuit against Hertz in November of 2013. Pauley claimed he rented a vehicle from Hertz at a rental location in Atlanta, Georgia. During the rental period, Pauley received a parking ticket, which he paid before the due date. However, Pauley alleged in the class action lawsuit that [...]

Lead plaintiff Abdul Kadir Mohammed filed the initial Uber background check class action lawsuit on November 24, 2017. The class action lawsuit alleged that Uber violated the federally enacted Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when the company improperly obtained consumer background checks that presented the financial histories of Uber driver candidates.  Two days after Mohammed [...]

  Uber has come under scrutiny recently for the company’s practice of not properly vetting driver candidates for its fee for travel business. In December of 2014, primary plaintiffs Bryon McKnight and Matthew Philliben filed a class action lawsuit against Uber challenging the company’s claim that it runs comprehensive background checks on UberX and UberXL [...]

Primary plaintiff Jennifer Collier alleged in a class action lawsuit that National Penn Bank charged bank customers overdraft fees on debit card transactions that did not exceed account balances. The 2012 class action lawsuit remained in the court system for nearly five years before a judge granted preliminary approval of a class action settlement in […]