Business/Finance

December 22, 2017 A lawsuit claims Huntington Learning Centers includes 'spousal guarantees' in franchise agreements that violate the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

December 21, 2017 A lawsuit claims 16 defendants are behind a 'rent-a-tribe' scheme in which the companies, 'borrowing' sovereign immunity, prey on cash-strapped consumers.

December 21, 2017 Allegedly false and misleading retail installment sales contracts are the focal point of a lawsuit against Fred Beans Motors of Doylestown (PA).

December 20, 2017 A lawsuit claims Monkey Capital fraudulently induced investors into dumping money into its Initial Coin Offering before suspiciously postponing the event.

December 19, 2017 Centra Tech and four individuals face a class action claiming the company's ICO between July and October 2017 violated federal securities regulations.

December 14, 2017 Allstate Indemnity Company facing a lawsuit that alleges the defendant improperly calculated reimbursement to be paid to a Florida chiropractic firm for providing services to a man injured in a motor vehicle accident.

December 14, 2017 Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims it violates the terms of its insurance policies by refusing to pay for electronic scans of policyholders’ vehicles after repairs.

December 13, 2017 A lawsuit lays out claims that Virginia Credit Union imposed overdraft fees despite the plaintiff's account never sinking to a negative balance.

December 8, 2017 A NJ consumer claims TD Bank ignores its own overdraft-prevention rule when it comes to ride-share transactions to collect customers' overdraft fees.

December 8, 2017 Ideal Credit Union has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit out of Minnesota alleging it charges improper and excessive overdraft fees.

December 8, 2017 A lawsuit claims CenturyLink and those who manage its 401(k) plan violated ERISA by sticking with a consistently underperforming investment option.

December 7, 2017 Agway Energy Services, LLC is facing claims that it deceived its customers into switching from their local utility providers with introductory 'teaser' rates only to significantly raise their rates once the introductory period was over.

December 7, 2017 Santander Bank, N.A. is facing a New Jersey man’s proposed class action that takes issue with its allegedly false representations in mortgage loan documents.

December 5, 2017 According to a lawsuit, USAmeriBancorp and Valley National last September submitted an incomplete, misleading merger registration statement to the SEC.

December 4, 2017 NaviStone faces a fourth proposed class action over its alleged 'wiretapping' of consumers online. This time, Quicken Loans is named as a co-defendant.

December 4, 2017 Royal Park Investments SA/NV has filed a proposed class action on behalf of residential mortgage-backed securities investors.

December 1, 2017 A New Jersey man has filed a proposed class action against M&T Bank Corp. and American Security Insurance Company alleging the companies have an exclusive arrangement to “manipulate the force-placed insurance market.”

November 30, 2017 A lawsuit alleges Providence Health & Services violated ERISA by paying recordkeeper Fidelity 'excessive and unreasonable' fees.

November 30, 2017 The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC is facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a Florida man who alleges the hotel chain illegally adds an automatic gratuity to bills for food and beverages without including sufficient notice.

November 29, 2017 Lincoln National Corp. and Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. have been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the companies deceptively handled their life insurance policies to induce lapses of coverage.

November 28, 2017 Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC and six affiliates have been named as defendants in a proposed class action that claims the parties operated an illegal online payday lending scheme while exploiting a Native American tribe’s sovereign immunity.

November 16, 2017 National Research Corporation and five directors have been accused of approving a stock transaction that will force stockholders out of the value of their shares and award an overwhelming majority of voting rights to the company’s CEO.

November 15, 2017 Infinity Auto Insurance supposedly misapplied a Medicare rule with which it's been deducting payments for certain medical services in Florida.

November 14, 2017 Progressive Corporation, two of its affiliates, and Mitchell International, Inc. are facing claims that they artificially deflated the 'actual cash value' of vehicles for which consumers have submitted 'total loss' claims.

November 14, 2017 Prosper, Inc. and Monterey Financial Services, Inc. have been accused in a proposed class action of charging excessive interest on a personal loan in violation of state law.

November 13, 2017 A TN John Deere dealer claims WH Administrators has failed to repay health insurance plan participants' medical claims and withheld accounting information.

November 13, 2017 A California couple claims Diamond Resorts Intl. and Barclays Bank Delaware utilize unscrupulous tactics to mislead timeshare buyers.

November 7, 2017 Nerium International, LLC, Nerium Skin Care, Inc., Natural Technology, Inc. (which does business as NaturTech), and five Nerium executives are facing claims that the parties are operating an illegal pyramid scheme.

November 3, 2017 A lawsuit claims the business loan company robocalled called consumers using an artificial or prerecorded voice message without consent.

November 3, 2017 A Florida real estate business has filed suit against American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, Avatel Technologies, Inc., The CIT Group Inc., and Assurant, Inc. over claims that the companies artificially inflated the cost of force-placed insurance.

November 3, 2017 A trustee for the F-Squared Liquidating Trust claims the SEC should repay 'disgorgement' that he claims the agency confiscated without authority.

November 2, 2017 VOYA Financial, Inc. and VOYA Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company are facing a proposed class action that claims they charged 'undisclosed excessive and unreasonable' fees for providing administrative services to the members of a retirement plan.

October 31, 2017 Per a lawsuit, PNC Merchant Services allegedly locks customers into dense contracts and then charges businesses 'unanticipated and excessive' fees.

October 30, 2017 Per a lawsuit, JP Morgan Chase Bank does not pull its weight when it comes to investigating/reinvestigating disputes of info contained in credit reports.

October 27, 2017 A lawsuit claims Wells Fargo caused delays for mortgage loan applications and then passed off consequent late fees onto unsuspecting consumers.

October 24, 2017 A proposed class action against directors of William D. Meeker Enterprises, Inc. claims the defendants harmed members of the employee stock ownership plan by making decisions that were not in the best interests of the company.

October 23, 2017 Direct General Insurance Company is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it improperly reimbursed a healthcare facility for providing services to a man injured in a motor vehicle accident whose treatment was covered under its insurance policy.

October 23, 2017 A lawsuit challenges the mandatory issuance of fee-wracked, prepaid debit cards in lieu of cash to inmates released from Washington's Kitsap County Jail.

October 18, 2017 Two plaintiffs say First Data Corporation essentially tricks merchants into contracts for which they owe heavy fees should they seek to end sales equipment leases.

October 17, 2017 Jackson National Life Insurance Company is facing a lawsuit that claims the defendant broke its contractual duties to its life insurance policyholders by adding undisclosed charges to the monthly fees deducted from their accumulated funds.

October 12, 2017 GEICO Indemnity Company is facing a proposed class action lawsuit claiming it failed to pay consumers the actual cash value of vehicles involved in car accidents that were considered a total loss.

October 12, 2017 A retired Air Force veteran claims Future Income Payments, LLC and two other companies prey on retired/disabled veterans by offering interest-heavy loans.

October 11, 2017 Two plaintiffs argue Bank of America provides 'bogus reasons' for failing to honor agreements with mortgage borrowers seeking to prevent foreclosure.

October 9, 2017 HSBC Bank USA, National Association is facing a lawsuit that claims it is improperly withdrawing money from trust funds for its defense in another lawsuit accusing it of misconduct in servicing those same trust funds.

October 4, 2017 City National Bank is the defendant in a lawsuit centered around its alleged compliance with an 'ATM Ponzi Scheme' through which millions were supposedly lost.

October 2, 2017 A physician has filed a lawsuit against 45 insurance companies, administrators, and claims adjusting companies alleging that they unlawfully failed to pay interest on medical bills for patients insured under the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act.

September 22, 2017 Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company is on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit that claims it unlawfully failed to pay title and registration fees to an insurance policyholder after the woman's vehicle was totaled in an accident.

September 22, 2017 Six months of alleged silence led one California man to filed a proposed class action against the Department of Treasury and the IRS.

September 22, 2017 A couple from Colorado claim Progressive Insurance refused to pay statutorily mandated fees after a 2016 total-loss car accident.

September 22, 2017 Wells Fargo and co-branding agent Mississippi Iron Works are facing a lawsuit that claims the companies signed consumers up for Visa credit cards without authorization.