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Oakland Leaders Consider Lawsuit Against Raiders

The next fight for the Raiders may be in a courtroom, as the city of Oakland is considering a lawsuit against the Silver and Black. The issue: a $90 million stadium commitment by taxpayers. The Oakland City Council was meeting in a private session Tuesday afternoon.


Proposed Consumer Class Action Rules Don’t Cover Everybody

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has unveiled a proposed new rule on binding arbitration, those clauses usually buried in the fine print of your credit card agreement that say you can’t sue your bank. You have to go to arbitration instead. The CFPB proposal would let consumers band together to sue in class action lawsuits.