Des Moines’ franchise fee debate is close to its conclusion after nearly a decade, but Des Moines residents are still waiting for refunds from the franchise fee settlement. Get breaking news and weather alerts anywhere you go with the free KCCI 8 News App. Those who paid a utility bill in the city between 2004 and 2009 may quality.
Netflix is one of the fastest growing successes that the entertainment industry has ever seen, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down in the future. As one would assume, the streaming giant didn’t get that popular through stupidity and lazy marketing, but one user seems to think he has found a way around the somewhat controversial recent price hike, and it involves slapping Netflix with a …
A representative of the car rental company RelayRides Inc. says that the company is confident it will be able to resolve the class action lawsuit filed against it in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. “We are optimistic that once we clarify how our processes work with the named plaintiff, he will choose to dismiss the lawsuit,” Steve …
Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth denied an Illinois resident’s motion to compel the state’s treasurer and Firearms Services Bureau chief to provide their litigation plans and personal information on all Illinoisans who were charged $1 more than state statute allows when they applied for a firearm owner idenficiation card (FOID). Wood River attorney Thomas Maag filed the class action on …
The defendants in a class action lawsuit, brought by a Florida chiropractor against a group of insurers for allegedly breaching a patient’s insurance agreement, recently decided to withdraw their request to separate discovery into two phases. On April 1, Garrison Property & Casualty Insurance Company, USAA Casualty Insurance Company, USAA General Indemnity Company and…
Public interest lawyers who sued an Ascension Parish Court judge last year over how her court’s bail system unfairly affected the poor have now taken aim at a “conviction fee” she imposes on defendants found guilty of minor offenses. In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Baton Rouge on behalf of Gonzales-area resident Richard Williams, the lawyers claim the fee poses a conflict of interest for…
A member of the Chamber of Commerce Professionals Group on Facebook asked:
This year in particular, we have a lot of members that are significantly past due. Has anyone used “late fees”? Did it work?
Several Uber customers in California received notice today they’re involved in a class-action lawsuit against the rideshare giant. Uber agreed to the terms of a $1.8 million suit alleging it inappropriately charged customers an “airport fee toll” late last year. The lawsuit, filed in November 2015, accused Uber of charging customers the “airport fee toll” several months before the airport …