What You Need To Know

And . . . . . . we're back! Happy New Year, readers! Let's dive right in, shall we? Here's what you may have missed over the holidays:

In a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced late last week, CarMax and others are now required to disclose the recall status affecting their cars.

'Bad-faith' objectors to class action settlements are reportedly causing problems by lodging complaints and extracting payoffs from lawyers eager to make them go away.

Roundup time. Today we have a Walmart settlement, Prudential Financial's inclusion in the Wells Fargo scandal and more.

Hours after Yahoo announced yet another massive data breach, a proposed class action has been filed against the company in California.

The Government of the District of Columbia is the defendant in a just-filed proposed class action claiming its DOC over-detains its inmates.

Being in debt is stressful enough. What's more, consumers who receive collection letters may not know they're being subject to agencies' illegal debt collection tactics.

Progressive Casualty Insurance Company has been hit with a lawsuit in California alleging that the company engaged in 'unlawful, unfair and deceptive' business practices.

Though it's by no means the end of his legal problems, President-Elect Trump can now wipe at least one lawsuit off his litigatory to-do list.