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 …
After beating back an appeal of the settlement agreement that granted them more than $1.6 million in fees, the attorneys who represented a group of people who brought a class action against Southwest Airlines for refusing to honor drink vouchers will not get all the additional fees they requested for their work on the appeal. But after a Chicago federal judge signed off on an increase in fees, …
The government agency running the PACER system, which provides online access to federal court records, charges more fees than necessary to recoup its costs in providing its services, a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia April 21 alleges. “The judiciary has taken no steps to change the fee structure or the way it has administered the system and so …
One of the largest charities in Windsor is opting out of the multi-million-dollar class-action bingo lawsuits filed against the city. Brentwood Recovery Home’s board of directors has decided not to be part of the suits. Launched by the ALS Society of Essex County and Belle River District Minor Hockey Association, the lawsuits allege Windsor and Tecumseh charged excessive fees for bingo licences.
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…
A golfer has filed a class-action lawsuit against golf pro Michael Hebron and the town of Smithtown over allegations that Hebron overcharged fees for players to use the town golf course and to rent carts. Robert Dwyer of Smithtown filed the lawsuit on April 14 on behalf of “at minimum hundreds” of unnamed golfers who have used the town facilities at Smithtown Landing Golf and Country Club,…
He waited 11 days, but on April 12, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a budget resolution agreed to by the state Senate and Assembly that includes a fix for registration and decal fees for heavy-duty trucks. New York’s Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 1 that the fees were unconstitutional for out-of-state trucks after the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association …
A Lackawanna County judge issued a mixed ruling Tuesday in a lawsuit that challenges Scranton’s rental registration fee, finding that individual landlords cannot proceed as a class to recover excess fees they contend are illegal. The decision by Judge Terrence Nealon does not end the case, however. He must still decide whether to certify the lawsuit as a class action relating to the underlying …
Angelina Lemus was puzzled. She had no idea why every month as much as $96 was disappearing from her Citibank checking account. Months later, Ms. Lemus finally figured out the mystery — or at least part of it.
One of the most visited museums in the world is about to become even more accessible. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City announced on Friday (Feb. 26) that it will settle a three-year-old class action lawsuit challenging its vague “pay-as you wish” admission policy. To coincide with the opening of its new satellite location on Madison Avenue and 75th Street next month, the museum …