Class-Actions

Sanders Drops Lawsuit Against DNC

The move came Friday after an independent investigation into Democratic presidential campaigns’ handling of party voter data. “An independent investigation of the firewall failures in the DNC’s shared voter file database has definitively confirmed that the original claims by the DNC and the Clinton campaign were wholly inaccurate,” the campaign …


Ticketmaster’s Fix for Class Action Suit: Buy More Tickets

Bought a show ticket through Ticketmaster in the last decade or two? If so, a newly landing email declaring you are due “benefits” in a class-action lawsuit – Schlesinger v. Ticketmaster – is legit, not some Nigerian get-rich scam. Still, the terms and nature of the win may make you wonder, “Why bother?”


Parents Worry Lawsuit Could Hurt Springfield Workshop

A group of Clark County residents spoke out Friday against a class action lawsuit filed by an Ohio disability rights organization seeking to provide more choices for people with developmental disabilities. Disability Rights Ohio met with the Clark County Parent Advocates for people with developmental disabilities at the Springfield City Hall Forum on Friday morning. About 50 people from the …


Lawsuit Claims Bloomfield Twp. Overtaxes Water Users

Bloomfield Township — A township resident has filed a class-action lawsuit against Bloomfield Township for allegedly overtaxing residents’ water rates “for the injustice enrichment” of the township. The complaint seeks to have assessments reviewed, corrected and a refund of “millions of dollars” in alleged rate overcharges “not used to cover the actual expenses of providing water to those …


Ford NZ May Be Affected by Australian Class Action

New Zealand Ford cars could be caught up in an Australian class action over reported transmission problems in a range of models. Lawyers claim more than 60,000 cars in Australia are “unsafe to drive”, including the Fiesta Hatchback, Focus and the EcoSport SUV. Ford NZ carries largely the same vehicles as its Australian counterpart, including vehicles with Ford’s PowerShift transmission.




Federal Judge Certifies Class Action by Laid-Off Miners

District Judge Irene Berger has certified a lawsuit as a class action that alleges miners were unlawfully laid off in 2013. “The Court has reviewed the Plaintiff’s Motion to Revise Class Definition and to Reconsider Class Certification (Document 36), the Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion to Revise Class Definition and to Reconsider Class Certification (Document 37), and the …


Class Action by Hilary Achauer

Affiliate owners share the various ways they’ve tailored the group-class model to create strong businesses that produce fitter clients. Johnny DiGregorio opened CrossFit Pasadena in 2008. What started as a small community grew into a group of more than 240 members training in a 5,600-square-foot gym.


Proposed Consumer Class Action Rules Don’t Cover Everybody

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has unveiled a proposed new rule on binding arbitration, those clauses usually buried in the fine print of your credit card agreement that say you can’t sue your bank. You have to go to arbitration instead. The CFPB proposal would let consumers band together to sue in class action lawsuits.