Class Action Lawsuit

Why I Am Leaving... the Practice of Being a Plaintiff's Class Action Lawyer*

Lawrence W. Schonbrun | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Lawyers, Class Action Lawsuit, Tort Reform, Class Action Cases, Class Action Suits, Class Action Lawyers, Money News
Lawrence W. Schonbrun

I can no longer look judges in the eye and tell them I am entitled to millions in fees for so-called class member "benefits" which I believe actually harms the interests of class members, consumers, and society in general.

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Going After A Dead Man's Debt And Other Debt Collector Horror Stories

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Asset Acceptance, Video, Debt Collector Abuse, Debtors' Prison, Debt Collection, Class Action Lawsuit, Debts, Slideexpand, Accretive Health, Business News

One Michigan-based debt collector has allegedly been trying to collect debts from people who don't owe them, including one man who has been dead for y...

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Revenge Of The Geeks

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Overtime Pay, Unpaid Interns, Walmart, Geek Squad, Video, Diana Wang, Wages, Fiscal Times, Taco Bell, Novartis, Labor Department, Worker Productivity, Class Action Lawsuit, Hearst Corporation, Best Buy, Business News

If some workers get their way we may witness the real life version of Revenge of the Nerds -- or in this case, geeks. Geek Squad workers have file...

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Bank Accused Of Profiting Off Customer Math Errors

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Video, Bank Fees, Todd Bowers, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Atms, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Banks, Overdraft Fees, Citizens Bank, RBS Citizens, Class Action Lawsuit, Business News

Amidst debate over how much banks value clients, one among them stands accused of purposefully profiting off the math errors of its own customers. ...

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Ex-Taco Bell Manager Alleges Chain Forced Employees To Work Unpaid Overtime

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Overtime Lawsuit, Ibm, Tacala, Taco Bell Overtime, Bank of America, Time Cards, Taco Bell Lawsuit, Alicia Sloan, Wal-Mart, Overtime Pay, Video, Groupon, Taco Bell, Starbucks, Florida, Class Action Lawsuit, Overtime, Business News

Taco Bell loves it when you eat round the clock. But they don't seem to want to pay their workers for every one of the hours they spend feeding you. ...

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An Anniversary You Are Forced to Remember

Negah Mouzoon | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, CFPB Arbitration Clauses, National-Association-of-Consumer-Advocates, AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion Anniversary, Consumer Protection Rights, Class Action Lawsuit, Federal Arbitration Act, Consumer Protection, Naca, AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion Supreme Court, Politics News
Negah Mouzoon

Until federal policymakers act to protect consumers from one-sided contracts, April 27 will always mark the anniversary of a devastating day for consumers' rights.

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Nutella To Pay Out Millions In Class-Action Suit Over Health Claims

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Video, Nutella Class Action Lawsuit, Nutella Health Claims, Nutella Unhealthy, Nutella Lawsuit, Nutella Settlement, Nutella Healthy, Class Action Lawsuit, Food News

Well, it turns out that eating everything slathered in nutella isn't the healthiest thing for you. The manufacturers of the chocolate-hazelnut spr...

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Citizens Bank Settles Overdraft Fee Lawsuit for $137.5 Million

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Prepaid Cards, Short-Term Loan, Bank of America, Overdraft Fees, Citizens Bank, Overdraft Settlement, Class Action Lawsuit, Debit Cards, Money News

Citizens Bank is the latest bank to settle in a massive class action lawsuit over dodgy overdraft fee practices. On Wednesday, the midsize New England...

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Did Racial Bias Hurt Blacks Applying For Jobs In Iowa? Judge Says No.

AP | DAVID PITT and RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Judge Robert Blink, Bv-Politics, Iowa Discrimination Suit, Des Moines, Iowa Discrimination Lawsuit, Class Action Lawsuit, Racial Discrimination, Iowa Class Action Lawsuit, Black Voices News

DES MOINES, Iowa — A judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday that claimed Iowa's state government systemically discriminated against blac...

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City Will Pay Loiterers $15 Million After Illegal Arrests

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Nypd Scandals, First Amendement, New York Crime, New-York-Panhandler, Nypd, Class Action Lawsuit, New York News, Loitering, Ny News, Anti-Loitering Laws, New York News

New York City will dish out $15 million to the 22,000 people--many of whom were panhandlers-- arrested for loitering by the NYPD who used laws that we...

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Slaughterhouse Workers File Class-Action Suit

AP | By ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Slaughterhouse, Video, Class Action Lawsuit, Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, Creekstone Farms Premium Beef Lawsuit, Slaughterhouse Class Action Lawsuit, Food News

WICHITA, Kan. -- A federal judge has granted conditional class-action status to a lawsuit filed on behalf of an estimated 700 workers at a slaughterho...

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Alice Hines

Walmart Women Still Seek Justice In Sex Discrimination Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Georgia Walmart Workers, Arkansas Walmart Workers, Edith Arana, North Carolina Walmart Workers, Sex Discrimination, Dukes v. Walmart, Wal-Mart, Eeoc, Betty Dukes, Mississippi Walmart Workers, Patricia Surgeson, Alabama Walmart Workers, Class Action Lawsuit, Class Action Suit, Business News

The women who say Walmart discriminates aren't giving up. Five hundred female employees in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and North Caroli...

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"Occupy" Your Local Courthouse?

Lawrence W. Schonbrun | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Trial Lawyers, Tort Reform, Occupy Wall Street, Plaintiff-Lawyers, Class Action, Bank of America, Class Action Lawsuit, Volkswagen, Business News
Lawrence W. Schonbrun

The Wall Street Malaise has Seeped Into Our Halls of Justice In the past we have commented about the dysfunctional class action system and how class ...

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JPMorgan Chase Accused Of Fabricating Paperwork, Imposing Extra Costs On Borrowers

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Settlement, JPMorgan Chase, Bankruptcy, Jpmorgan Class Action, Robo-Signing, Ernest Michael Bakenie, Jpmorgan Fraud, Jpmorgan, Mortgage Fraud, Mortgage Documentation, Sec, Class Action Lawsuit, Jpmorgan Sec, Video, Business News

In a case that suggests the financial crisis far from marked the end of big bank misconduct, JPMorgan Chase is facing a potential class action lawsuit...

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Dave Jamieson

Warehouse Woes: Workers Say They're Losing Jobs For Speaking Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Retailers, Walmart, Labor, California, Workers, Big Box Stores, Class Action Lawsuit, Inland Empire, Schneider-Logistics, Warehouse-Workers, Business News

Nearly a hundred warehouse workers in California who spoke up about alleged wage violations and unsafe working conditions fear they now may lose their...

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Alice Hines

Forever Unpaid: Forever 21 Hit With Class Action Lawsuit By Employees

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: California, Workers Compensation, Forever-21-Lawsuit, Loss Prevention, Class Action Lawsuit, Forever 21 Class Action Lawsuit, Forever 21, Bag Checks, Business News

Forever 21 is being sued yet again. But this time, it's not other fashion brands claiming copyright infringement -- it's the company's own workers, wh...

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Janell Ross

Workers' Right To Sue Employers In Flux

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Nlrb, Supreme Court, National Employment Law Project, Minimum Wage, Arbitration Agreements, Worker Rights, Employers, Labor Ready, Class Action Law Suits, Class Action Lawsuit, Laborready, Overtime, AT&T v Concepcion, National Labor Relations Board, Workers Rights, Business News

In 2010, Stephen Brown was living in York, Pa., and needed work. Most days Labor Ready, a temporary staffing company, had it. The company slogan highl...

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Starbucks: Stop Taking Away Your Customers' Rights

David Arkush | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Law, AT&T, Civil Justice, Class Action, Starbucks, Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Starbucks Coffee, Consumers, Forced Arbitration, Concepcion, Class Action Lawsuit, Justice, Consumer Protection, Lawsuit, Arbitration, Business News
David Arkush

If you're one of millions of Starbucks customers who might buy or receive a prepaid card this holiday season, you might want to take a moment to send Starbucks a message: Don't take away my rights!

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Preterm Birth and a Really Sleazy Lawsuit

Adam Wolfberg, M.D. | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Preterm Births, Class Action Lawsuit, Makena, Lawsuit, Kv-Pharmaceuticals, Business News
Adam Wolfberg, M.D.

A new group of bad guys are writing the latest chapter in the sordid story of Makena, the FDA-approved version of progesterone used to prevent recurrent preterm births.

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Mike Sacks

Justice Ginsburg Left Standing Up For Consumers

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Video, Credit Repair Organizations Act, 9th Circuit, Scotus, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, CompuCredit v. Greenwood, United States Supreme Court, Class Action Lawsuit, John Roberts, Credit Rating, Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court, Arbitration, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- After spending several years clearing a path for corporations to contract away their customers' access to courts generally and class act...

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Christina Wilkie

Koch, Big Pharma 'Educate' Congress With Free Vacations

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Walmart, Video, Congressional Civil Justice Caucus Academy, Congressional Civil Justice Caucus, Congress, Law and Economics, Law and Economics Movement, Tort Reform, Koch Brothers, Lobbying, Law and Economics Center George Mason, George Mason University, Class Action Lawsuit, Politics News

ARLINGTON, Va. -- A recently-formed judicial "academy" funded by industry groups and conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch is offer...

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NYPD Sued For Discrimination Against Blacks, Hispanics

AP | By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Nypd, Nypd Discrimination, Nypd Lawsuit, Ny News, Stop and Frisk, Class Action Lawsuit, New York News, Racial Profiling, New York Police Department, New York News

NEW YORK -- A federal judge gave the green light Wednesday to a lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of discriminating against blacks and H...

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Steven Hoffer

'Wigger Wednesday': Black Student Sues Minnesota School District For Racism

HuffingtonPost.com | Steven Hoffer | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Red Wing High School, Wigger Day, Joshua Williams Attorney, Karsten Anderson, Racism, High School, Red Wing Minnesota, Class Action Lawsuit, Quera Pruitt, Lawsuit, Video, Education News

A Minnesota school district allowed a homecoming event called "Wigger Day," during which students wore clothes and behaved in a manner that "from thei...

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Bank May Face Class-Action Suit From Customers For Overdraft Fees

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, U.S. Bank, BB&T, Bank of America, Overdraft Fees, Banks, Bank Customers, Overdraft Protection, Overdrafts, Class Action Lawsuit, Class Action Suit, Union Bank, Business News

In 2003, the San Francisco-based Union Bank adopted a new practice that allowed it to begin charging its customers more overdraft fees. Now, the custo...

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Court Rules Kraft's 401(k) Plan May Have Holes

Dan Solin | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: 401(K), Kraft Foods, Class Action Lawsuit, Retirement, Pension Funds, Business News
Dan Solin

Notwithstanding the utter stupidly of selecting funds on the basis of past returns, this charade continues all over the country every day.

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