Primary plaintiff Matthew Gottlieb filed the CITGO class action lawsuit alleging the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending unsolicited text messages promoting upcoming sweepstakes. Originally enacted to prevent annoying telemarketers from harassing consumers who want to be left alone, the TCPA has expanded its legal reach over the past several decades [...]

Two class action lawsuits that accused Prudential Insurance Company of denying overtime pay has merged into a preliminarily approved class action settlement. Primary plaintiffs alleged that Prudential violated provisions of the federally enacted Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 by refusing to pay overtime to certain agents employed by the company. In addition to the [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued a press release that stated about $10 in rebates are ready to be paid out as a result of a class action settlement worked out by Advanced Tech Support and the FTC. Also referred to as Inbound Call Experts LLC, Advanced Tech Support reached the class action settlement [...]

The Los Angeles Housing Authority (HACLA) discovered that Section 8 residents will put up a stiff fight to enjoy the legal rights granted under state and federal laws. A recent class action settlement preliminarily approved on July 29, 2017 ends a lawsuit charging the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles with decreasing voucher [...]

On June 8, 2017, a judge preliminarily approved a class action settlement that resulted from a lawsuit alleging publishers American Media Inc and Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group violated Michigan law by releasing customer subscription data to marketing companies. Any consumer who lived in Michigan and subscribed to a publication offered by American Media or Odyssey [...]

Consumers who purchased a vehicle from Del Amo Motorsports might be eligible to receive benefits as the result of a recent preliminarily approved class action settlement. Primary plaintiff Genes P. Ferreras filed the class action lawsuit against Del Amo Motorsports alleging the company offered financing for the purchase of motorcycles via the promotion of branded [...]

A judge preliminarily approved a class action settlement on July 12, 2017 that challenged the accuracy of the Penny Arcade coin operated machines located at TD Bank NA stores. The class action lawsuit stemmed from an NBC story that aired on April 6, 2016 that demonstrated that Penny Arcade machines do not accurately count the [...]

New York labor law includes provisions that prevent employers from taking advantage of the hard work put in by interns. One of the provisions stipulates the payment of some form of wages to interns who in some other states take the same positions in unpaid roles. Primary plaintiff Oluseyi Awogbile filed the Kenneth Cole unpaid […]

Primary plaintiffs Jerrold Lewis and Domenica Lewis filed the Silvertree Mojave housing discrimination class action lawsuit on behalf of the entire family that includes two children. The couple asserted the homeowner’s association violated state and federal fair housing statutes by implementing a policy that prohibited children who live at the complex from playing in the [...]