The number of class-action plaintiffs opting out of settlements to pursue their own litigation has risen in recent years, according to a report issued Wednesday by Cornerstone Research. Pension funds, which previously appeared in almost half of the pre-2014 class-action cases, appeared in just four class-action cases between 2014 and 2018 in which parties were able to be identified, according …
Cash Zone store that operated at 8923 Culebra Road. In a 2-1 opinion, the 4th District Court of Appeals ruled that payday-loan customers must use arbitration instead of the courts if they think a lender illegally used the criminal justice system to pursue unpaid loans. Cash Zone store that operated at 8923 Culebra Road.
A federal judge may have dealt a serious blow to people suing over the Flint water crisis. U.S. District judge John Corbett O’Meara dismissed the class-action suit after finding the claims made by Flint residents couldn’t be resolved in federal court. At issue are claims made by the plaintiffs in the case that their constitutional rights and state law were…