Rabobank Class Action
A superior court class action accuses Rabobank of unfair debt collection: charging a $5 a day “continued overdraft fee” for up to 10 days in addition to the initial $35 overdraft fee, without properly disclosing it.
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Battle Over Telecom Fees Hits Eighth Circuit
The Eighth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday over whether Des Moines, Iowa, is allowed to charge telecommunication carriers an increased management fee for the maintenance of public rights-of-way.
Read moreLawyers in GMO Corn Cases Accused of Unfair Fee Scheme
A class of more than 60,000 farmers claim they were tricked into agreeing to pay an unfair amount of attorney fees in their cases against agribusiness giant Syngenta over its genetically modified corn.
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Attorneys defending Wisconsin in a redistricting lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court reportedly cost state taxpayers $60,000 for just 10 minutes of oral argument.
Read morePACER Fees Shouldn’t Fund Most Court Tech, Judge Rules
Thirty years after federal courts began offering online access to litigation records through the PACER system, a federal judge ruled Saturday that fees paid by the public for such access cannot fund other courtroom technologies.
Read moreDNA Surcharge
Echoing a 2015 state court complaint, three men convicted of misdemeanors filed a federal class action accusing Wisconsin officials of charging an unconstitutional fee to maintain the state DNA database.
Read moreWisconsin Lawmaker Sued Over Pricey Records Request
A conservative legal group in Wisconsin brought a lawsuit against a Democratic state representative, claiming he violated the state’s open-records law by refusing to provide electronic records and insisting on printing them to charge more than $3,000 for one batch of emails.
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Tenants of Kushner-Owned Real Estate Fight Predatory Fees
Companies owned by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner face a class action from tenants who say they are hounded over unlawful fees under threat of eviction.
Read moreJustices Will Try Again to Answer Union Fee Question
After deadlocking last year in a similar case, the Supreme Court agreed Thursday to decide whether government-employee unions can force nonmember workers to pay bargaining fees.
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Civil Rights Commission Calls for End to ‘Cash-Register Justice’
The independent federal commission charged with investigating and reporting on the state of civil rights in the United States has found many cities use fines and fees on low-income communities to raise revenue instead of compliance.
Read moreTexas Cities Challenge State-Mandated Telecom Rates
Nearly two dozen Texas cities claim that a new state law unconstitutionally requires them to grant wireless providers the use of public right-of-ways at a below-market rate, at a loss of over $800 million per year.
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