A motion will be heard Dec. 21, 2016 in the ongoing class-action bingo lawsuit. Getty Images A motion will be heard Wednesday in the ongoing class-action bingo lawsuit between the City of Windsor and the ALS Society. The motion to be heard before Superior Court Judge Terrence Patterson regarding whether or not a protective order keeping secret the identities of those groups that opted out of …
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Attorney Advertising. The law firm Keller
Rohrback L.L.P., which over a year ago filed the first
class action lawsuit against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (NYSE: WFC) for
opening unauthorized accounts, announced it is investigating allegations
of similar practices at other consumer banks.
The class action complaint, filed with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division, accuses Welspun of violating Missouri’s consumer fraud statutes and other laws, through deception, fraud, false pretence, false promise, misrepresentation, unfair practice or concealment, suppression, breach of warranty and/or omission of material fact, among other things …
A disability rights group is suing the state of Washington, saying it has no system for ensuring developmentally disabled adults can avoid institutional care in favor of other living arrangements. Disability Rights Washington says in the federal lawsuit this week that at least 91 developmentally disabled adults were being institutionalized against their will because the state …
PCR aggregates all assets for ultra-high-net-worth investors and their advisors from hundreds of custom-built electronic data feeds. This new partnership automates a proprietary CCC discovery process that identifies recovery opportunities in the data streams of PCR’s clients and alerts advisors of potential actions. The advisor can then delegate the entire claims process to CCC, from the …
With the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule finalized, are some advisors now a target for lawsuits? Experts suggest that the threat of litigation – which exists because the rule provides clients with the right to legal action – could push some firms to change business models and spur some advisors to exit the business. “Litigation is one area where firms are particularly…
Orlando-based KEL law firm routinely allowed its clients to pay bankruptcy legal fees using credit cards, a violation of bankruptcy law, according to a new lawsuit filed against the firm. Credit card purchases are basically new debts, and new debts are prohibited in the days before filing a bankruptcy, and during the bankruptcy process. That’s because bankruptcy courts often erase any credit…
News Corp has agreed to pay out a total of $280 million to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit brought by several major packaged goods brands that accused the company of using its monopoly position to over-charge clients for in-store promotional advertising. The case was first brought in 2012 (a year before the separation of …
A class-action lawsuit filed in Colorado is focusing new attention on the “life coaching” industry, a quickly growing but unregulated field that attracts many practitioners who lack any training or certification. Life coaching. Paul Bradbury / Getty Images/Caiaimage Coral Rose Grant and her husband Gary McGonagle “Mac” Grant II, who ran a life coaching business in Windsor, Colorado, called The …
A talent listing service would have to pay about $1.6 million — including cash and services — to resolve a case affecting thousands of former clients under a class-action settlement preliminarily approved by a federal judge in Los Angeles. The company, One Source Talent of Troy, Mich., charges people a monthly fee of $40 to access a database of audition and employment opportunities in the …