Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP have announced a proposed settlement in a securities class action with the EZCORP Inc. In a securities class action involving Automotive Machinists Pension Trust against EZCORP Inc., a small-dollar lender, AMPT has proposed settlement of the action for $5.9 million in cash. If approved, it will resolve all claims in the class action, a news …
The law firm Gardy & Notis, LLP announces that a lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a class who purchased Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (“Roadrunner”) (NYSE: RRTS) securities between May 8, 2014, and January 30, 2017, inclusive (the “Class Period”). If you are an investor who purchased Roadrunner securities between …
A federal judge has cleared the way for a nationwide class action to proceed against Stericycle over allegations the Lake Forest-based regulated waste disposal giant for years used an automatic price-increasing scheme to defraud customers out of hundreds of millions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Milton I. Shadur certified the plaintiffs class in a memorandum opinion and order issued Feb. 16 …
A Los Angeles County woman says Sprint defrauded her and at least 99 other California consumers with false promises of lower rates and three prepaid Visa cards, each worth $350. “Such representations was part of a common scheme to mislead consumers and incentivize them to purchase telephone services in spite of the inhibition brought about by the difficulty of installing them,” Sylvia Nixon …
Lundin Law PC, a shareholder rights firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against Under Armour, Inc. (“Under Armour” or the “Company”) (NYSE: UAA). Investors, who purchased or otherwise acquired shares between April 21, 2016 and January 30, 2017 inclusive (the “Class Period”), are encouraged to contact the Firm in advance of the April 10, 2017 lead …
Monsanto has been served with a second lawsuit over the off-label dicamba drift damage that occurred in 10 states in 2016. The new case, a class action suit filed in U.S. District Court in Missouri, has two farmers from that state as lead plaintiffs. The lawsuit was filed by Randles and Splittgerber, LLP, a Missouri-based legal firm that also sued Monsanto over dicamba drift in November 2016 on …
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that targets the country’s current asbestos injury compensation system and another that aims to weed out unmeritorious class action claims. Early Wednesday, the committee passed the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency, or FACT, Act of 2017 by a vote of 19-11. The panel, in a vote later in the day, passed the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, 19-12. House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., praised the FACT Act’s approval. …
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have passed a resolution that would limit class action lawsuits against companies who kill, poison, or cripple American citizens. This is a massive payoff to the GOP’s corporate donors and a huge setback for American consumers. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
Memphis’ biggest bank could shell out nearly $17 million to settle a lawsuit over overdraft fees. There’s a chance you could be eligible for payment in the class action settlement. There are 54 pages court documents for the case that has been going on for more than five years.
Most of the proposed procedural rule changes in Representative Bob Goodlatte’s “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017,” introduced last week in the House of Representatives, are directly traceable to the business lobby’s anti-class-action talking points. Goodlatte – a Virginia Republican and chair of the House Judiciary Committee – has significantly expanded the changes he proposed …