The House of Representatives has approved a bill raising the threshold for individuals or groups to bring legal claims against companies in consumer disputes, employment discrimination cases, and other areas. The bill would require individuals seeking to form a legal class to show that each suffered the same type and magnitude of personal injury or economic loss as the group’s leader. …
According to the Fair Elections Legal Network they have filed a class action lawsuit has been filed against Governor Scott and the Clemency Board to allow former felons to vote. The Fair Elections Legal Network and the law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLCC have filed the lawsuit on behalf of seven former felons, according to a press release the organizations sent out. According to this …
The Justice Department can pursue its controversial fraud case against Detroit-based mortgage lender Quicken Loans, a judge ruled Thursday, but he substantially narrowed the time frame covered by the suit. In the first major ruling since the case reached a Detroit courtroom, U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith denied …
A judge on Thursday ruled that a lawsuit over questionable loan practices filed by the federal government against Quicken loans can proceed. The federal government claims, among other things, that Quicken Loans Inc. intentionally altered information or overlooked problems with loan applications in order to issue hundreds of thousands of government-backed mortgages. If loans met a …
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the state will join Washington state’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s new travel ban. Schneiderman said in a statement Thursday that Trump’s new executive order is “a Muslim ban by another name.” The Trump administration says the temporary restrictions are needed to keep Americans safe. “This is dialed back, …
The Cabell County Commission on Thursday filed a lawsuit against drug firms in an effort to recoup money lost due to the substance abuse epidemic in the area. The lawsuit was filed in federal court against drug wholesalers AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health Inc., McKesson Corp. and H.D. Smith Wholesale Drug Co. Also named in the suit are CVS, Rite Aid, Wal-Mart, Kroger and …
The manufacturer of a bluetooth-enabled sex toy has reached a US class action settlement of almost $4 million, after it was found to be collecting intimate data about the way purchasers used the vibrator device. The class action against sex toy company Standard Innovation Corporation was brought in the federal court by two anonymous women in the US last year, in relation to the We-Vibe 4 Plus, …
A recent lawsuit brought by a blind theatergoer against the producers of the hit musical Hamilton has highlighted Broadway’s spotty track record in serving audiences with disabilities. Hamilton opened almost a year and a half ago, but it’s still the hottest ticket on Broadway. Mark Lasser of Denver, who is blind, wanted to take his wife to the show and get audio description services to help him enjoy a performance. That means he hoped …
U.S. courts approved more securities class-action settlements in 2016 than in any year since 2010, according to a report from Cornerstone Research. The 85 settlements reached last year were just five more than the previous year. However, the aggregate dollar amount in the cases, just under $6 billion, was nearly double the 2015 total and the second-most in the past decade.
The D.C. law firm, Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, today announced that a settlement has been reached with Titeflex Corp. and Ward Manufacturing, LLC (“Defendants”) about allegedly defective Gastite® and Wardflex® corrugated stainless steel gas tubing (“CSST”) used to supply natural gas and propane to gas appliances. The class action lawsuit was …