A U.S. judge will hear arguments on Thursday over whether to grant final approval to a $25 million settlement of fraud lawsuits against President Donald Trump over his Trump University real estate investment seminars, with at least one former student objecting to the deal. Sherri Simpson of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who paid $19,000 to learn Trump’s investing …
Struggling Wagga Wagga mother of five Casey Simpson paid Radio Rentals $3320 for a used bed worth $480 and she still doesn’t own it. Ms Simpson, who is leading a $50 million class action launched by Maurice Blackburn lawyers against Radio Rentals on Wednesday, claims its “Rent, Try, $1 Buy” contract misled her. She says instead of letting her buy the used …
In a deal announced on Tuesday, the San Francisco-based lender has agreed to pay out $110m to settle numerous class-action lawsuits across the United States. The lawsuits stem from revelations last year that Wells Fargo employees had opened up to 2 million unauthorised deposit and credit accounts in customers’ names in order to boost their own pay and, as alleged by some, fee income …
Baylor University has moved to dismiss the Title IX lawsuit that alleges 52 rapes were committed by 31 football players from 2011 to 2014, according to the Waco Tribune. The lawsuit says Baylor’s football team had “the most widespread culture of sexual violence and abuse of women ever in a collegiate athletic program.” Former football players Tre’Von Armstead and Shamycheal “Myke” Chatman were …
Retail giant Radio Rentals has been hit with a class-action lawsuit, which claims thousands of customers using the “Rent, Try, $1 Buy” scheme were ripped off after signing misleading and dodgy contracts. Law firm Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, who filed the lawsuit in Sydney’s Federal Court today, claims Radio Rentals targeted low-income and vulnerable customers, who believed they could “rent-to- …
Some Canadian hernia surgery patients have launched a class-action lawsuit against the maker of a now-recalled surgical mesh, claiming they weren’t warned of its dangers. Patients are speaking out about a surgical device called Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh, which was used in Canada up until last year, when it was recalled and pulled from the market over concerns about higher rates of …
The next fight for the Raiders may be in a courtroom, as the city of Oakland is considering a lawsuit against the Silver and Black. The issue: a $90 million stadium commitment by taxpayers. The Oakland City Council was meeting in a private session Tuesday afternoon.
Port Authority cops target men who seem gay or androgynous and arrest them on false charges of public masturbation and exposure at the city’s bus terminal, a new class-action lawsuit claims. The cops have been falsely arresting men for years to increase “quality of life” arrest statistics, says the suit, which was filed in federal court in Manhattan on Monday. Cops spy on men who seems “gay or …
A Connecticut couple says Georgia-based Arby’s restaurants failed to prevent hackers from stealing customer information at hundreds of its stores. In a new federal lawsuit, the couple is seeking class-action status in the case. Jacqueline and Joseph Weiss of Glastonbury, Connecticut, say computer hackers used data-looting malware to penetrate systems at about 1,000 Arby’s restaurants …
It’s somewhat fitting that President Trump, who has named climate deniers and a former fossil-fuel executive to top cabinet posts, including at the EPA, would end up a defendant in what’s likely the highest-stakes climate lawsuit on the planet. The suit, brought by Our Children’s Trust on behalf of nearly two dozen youth and climate scientist James Hansen, seeks a real and comprehensive climate …