Class Action
University of California
A class action claims the University of California charges unlawful and unconscionable late fees to students who are tardy in paying at least seven sorts of charges, in Alameda County Court.
Read moreFoster Care
A federal court in Arizona certified a “Medicaid subclass,” in a civil rights suit brought on behalf of children in the state’s foster care system, finding the class has sufficiently alleged that certain policies in the system put children at risk of not receiving necessary physical, dental and behavioral health services.
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American Airlines Urges 3rd Circuit to Break Up Class Action
Vying to dismantle a class action that says American Airlines forced employees to work during break time, a lawyer for the airlines told the Third Circuit on Tuesday that the specifics of each worker will vary too greatly to satisfy commonality.
Read moreHP Computers
A class action claims that HP falsely advertises that its Pavilion desktop computers and others can transfer data at up to 5 gigabits per second, in Santa Clara County Court.
Read moreDeceptive Trade
A class claims Nova Southeastern University cost students thousands of dollars by pushing “sham” health insurance from Student Educational Benefit Trust, which “did not process, let alone pay, students’ health insurance claims,” in Broward County Court.
Read moreNew Jersey Court Asked to Reject Class Status in Kia Brakes Case
A lawyer for Kia Motors argued Tuesday before the New Jersey Supreme Court that thousands of plaintiffs in a case dating back nearly 20 years should not be treated as a class for the purpose of dividing up a $6.3 million award for faulty brakes.
Read moreCryptocurrency
A federal class action claims that Ifinex, Tether Holdings, et al. pushed a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme that was “part fraud, part pump-and-dump, and part money laundering.”
Read moreJames Franco
Two actresses filed a class action against James Franco, RabbitBandini Studio 4 film school, et al., claiming the actor dangled employment opportunities in exchange for explicit nudity and sex, and forced them to sign over rights to explicit nude and sex scenes, in L.A. Superior Court.
Read moreShareholder Class Action
A class of shareholders claims in a federal lawsuit that SmileDirectClub practiced unlicensed dentistry in several states and faced legal action because of it, causing stock value to drop from a high of $23 a share to $12.94.
Read moreAnti-Trump Protesters
A federal court in Arizona certified a class of individuals who were “unlawfully dispersed” by the use of pepper spray and other chemical agents when police officers fired into an anti-Trump protest. The class is modified to include individuals who did not throw objects or attempt to breach the “free speech zone.”
Read morePolice Violence
A federal judge certified a class that claims Phoenix police officers fired indiscriminately into an anti-Trump protest outside the city’s Convention Center on Aug. 22, 2017.
Read moreTSA Class Action
A federal class action claims the Transportation Security Administration and JPMorgan Chase bank refuse to grant an $85 credit they promised for enrolling in TSA’s expedited security screening program if they categorize the enrollment “as a ‘business’ card, not a ‘consumer’ card,” a distinction without a difference.
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