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Many Consumers Entitled to Class-Action Lawsuit Cash

From misleading advertising claims to exposing their customers to identity theft, companies pay tens of millions of dollars each year to settle class action lawsuits aimed at addressing ways they may have wronged their customers. Despite this, relatively few consumers ever claim their share of the awards being offered. “I think consumers would be very surprised at just …


Former Biggest Loser Contestants Plan to Sue the Show for Alleged Abuse

Suzanne Mendonca, a former contestant on The Biggest Loser, is spearheading a class-action lawsuit against the show, saying producers withheld water from contestants, forced them to overexercise, and “discarded them when the cameras stopped rolling,” TMZ reports. Mendonca, who appeared on Season 2 of the weight-loss reality show, and other disgruntled former contestants recently spoke to the …


Judge Rules Lyft Drivers’ Settlement to Be ‘Glaringly’ Inadequate

It seems there is still a long road to go before Lyft can settle a dispute with drivers over proper worker classification. As Bloomberg reports, a federal judge rejected the company’s attempt to settle with drivers as being ‘glaringly inadequate.’ All told, Lyft tried to settle with $12.25 million — a measure that would only net drivers involved in the class action suit about $53 each. U.S. …