A St. Louis disabled man and a civil rights organization have filed a class action lawsuit against FKG Oil Company d/b/a MotoMart, citing alleged discrimination for lack of accommodations for patrons with disabilities. DeMaurion Davis and Access Now Inc., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed a complaint on Feb. 28 in the U.S. District Court for the …
Brazilian miner Vale SA says the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has annulled nearly all parts of a class action lawsuit against the company and executives over the collapse of a tailings dam in Brazil in 2015. The only parts of the case, over the Samarco disaster that killed 19 people, that remain ongoing are linked to specific statements made by Vale in 2013 …
A Michigan consumer has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing a West Palm Beach company of using an unlawful telemarketing campaign. Richard Frost filed a complaint individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated on March 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against National Auto Protection Corp. alleging violation of the Telephone Consumer …
It’s been a mystery for months. Students and staff at Nichols Junior High in Arlington have been saying that something in the school has been making them sick: Now, the Arlington NAACP has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to shutter the school until the district can provide answers. “It’s a human rights and a civil rights issue,” says …
A stockholder has filed a class action lawsuit against Netflix and two of its top executives, alleging the media company understated the impact of its subscription price hike in violation of federal law. James Ziolkowski filed a complaint on behalf of all others similarly situated on March 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California …
Neiman Marcus has agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a data breach class action in Illinois federal court. The three-year-old case stemmed from the December 2013 cyber attack that exposed credit card data of an estimated 350,000 Neiman Marcus shoppers. The high-profile incident, caused by malware installed on Neiman Marcus terminals, was similar to a larger attack on Target and other …
Investors have agreed to settle a nine-year class-action lawsuit against Kansas City-based NovaStar Mortgage Inc. and three Wall Street banks over investment losses tied to subprime mortgages. The settlement calls for a $165 million cash payment from NovaStar Mortgage, Royal Bank of Scotland, Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank, according to a statement from the investors’ attorneys. All four had …
A $165 million cash settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit that alleged investors were misled about the safety of mortgage-backed securities comprised of loans originated by now-defunct subprime lender NovaStar Mortgage Inc. The settlement with Deutsche Bank, NovaStar, Royal Bank of Scotland and Wells Fargo is pending approval by the U.S. District Court in the Southern District …
Monteverde & Associates PC Files Class Action Lawsuit On Behalf of Shareholders of Seventy Seven Energy, Inc. in the Western District of Oklahoma News provided by Mar 14, 2017, 12:27 ET Share this article NEW YORK, March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Notice is hereby given that Monteverde & Associates PC has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for Western District of …
A Ninth Circuit judge on Monday questioned whether a federal judge made the right call by allowing Google to settle a privacy class action by giving $8.5 million to favored privacy organizations instead of class members. Though Senior Circuit Judge J. Clifford Wallace repeatedly questioned at the hearing whether the 2015 cy pres settlement was appropriate, the three-judge …