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Class-Actions Mar 1, 2018

Lawyers for Victims of Las Vegas Massacre File Class Action Lawsuit Against Concert Promoter LIVE NATION

Lawyers representing victims of the massacre at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas filed suit Friday to force the concert promoter, LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, to refund all 22,000 tickets sold to attendees.

“It’s hard to believe that it’s almost March 2018 and only a portion of those who purchased tickets to the October concert, which ended in massacre, have had their money refunded,” said attorney Mark Robinson …

News Feb 13, 2017

Court Won’t Hear City’s Appeal in Red-Light Camera Lawsuit

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration suffered yet another setback Friday in its attempt to avoid refunding $200 million in fines and late fees issued to Chicagoans denied due process after being slapped with 1.5 million red-light and speed camera tickets. The Illinois Appellate Court refused to hear the city’s appeal of a lower court decision certifying the high-stakes lawsuit as a class action. …

Lawsuits Feb 8, 2017

Lawsuit Filed Against Company That Runs Illinois Lottery

A lawsuit has been filed in a southern Illinois court against the company that managed the Illinois Lottery. The Belleville News Democrat reports that the lawsuit filed in St. Clair News-Democrat Northstar Lottery Group defrauded businesses that sold scratch-off tickets and the individuals who bought them. The lawsuit comes after a Chicago Tribune story that found that …

News Jan 4, 2017

Lottery Players Should Get Refund for Rigged Games

Hundreds of thousands of lottery players who were allegedly cheated by an insider’s long-running scheme to rig jackpots should be reimbursed for their losing tickets, according a lawsuit filed Wednesday that seeks class action certification. Lawyers filed the consumer fraud case against the Multi-State Lottery Association, the Iowa-based nonprofit that helps administer games …

News Oct 21, 2016

Philadelphia Police Becomes Target of Legal Battle Over Speeding Tickets

The Philadelphia Police Department transferred the patrols of city highways to the Pennsylvania State Police in 2007 to help free up work flow. Jurisdiction was essentially shared until 2012 when a speed enforcement agreement was discontinued. Since then, speeding tickets on limited access highways such a Interstate 76, 676 and 95 should be issued solely by the Pennsylvania …

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Lawsuits Aug 24, 2016

Lawsuit Over Canceled HOF Game Moved

The attorney suing the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the NFL over this month’s canceled HOF game has dismissed the initial lawsuit in Ohio and refiled in California. Attorney Michael J. Avenatti dismissed his Aug. 11 complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Cleveland while filing a similar one in U.S. District Court in California seeking more than $5 million in damages. He accuses of the …

News Aug 9, 2016

Hall of Fame Refund Policy Mentions Tickets only

If customers who incurred unnecessary expenses to attend the NFL game in Canton that wasn’t played in Canton (or anywhere else) on Sunday night want to be reimbursed for those expenses, they’ll have to hire a lawyer. The Hall of Fame has posted at its website the procedures for obtaining a refund, and the policy refers only to the price of the tickets. The window for obtaining refunds will be …

Lawsuits Aug 9, 2016

Hall of Fame Non-Game Lawsuit Appears to Be looming

The NFL’s definition of “making it right” may not mesh with Ohio’s definition of the term. The lawyer who sued on behalf of fans who showed up for Super Bowl XLV with tickets that didn’t correspond to actual seats plans to sue the NFL for fans who showed up in Canton on Sunday night with tickets for a game that wasn’t played. “We plan on filing a class [action] within days,” Michael Avenatti …

News Jul 1, 2016

Ticketmaster Settlement Stiffs Customers

It was a music lover’s dream come true last week when popular event ticket distributor Ticketmaster shelled out thousands of discounts and vouchers for free concert tickets. Far from a generous giveaway, the …