Business/Finance

September 29, 2023 A class action claims Bank of America has failed to warn credit cardholders that enrollment in the Bill Pay autopay program will be automatically cancelled if their credit cards are inactive for a certain amount of time.

September 27, 2023 Secure Collateral and Over the Moon Services have each been hit with a lawsuit that alleges the company has charged and collected notary fees that exceed what’s allowable under Pennsylvania law.

September 21, 2023 A class action out of West Virginia claims Ally Financial, Inc. has “routinely” collected unlawful payment processing fees from borrowers who make monthly auto loan payments online or by phone.

September 20, 2023 A class action alleges Southeastern Freight Lines has “wasted” millions of dollars of employee retirement savings by allowing excessive fees to be paid to a third-party service provider.

September 19, 2023 A consumer alleges in a class action that Fred Meyer has routinely failed to credit his debit card for prepaid amounts of gasoline that the man did not pump.

September 18, 2023 A proposed class action alleges Peacock has illegally renewed consumers’ streaming subscriptions automatically and without proper disclosures.

September 13, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Chevron Federal Credit Union failed to protect the personal information of current and former customers from a May 2023 cyberattack.

September 12, 2023 Fidelity Investments faces a class action lawsuit over a May 2023 cyberattack that affected approximately 371,000 customers and fund participants.

September 12, 2023 A class action claims the operator of online lender BestEgg.com is engaged in a “rent-a-bank” scheme whereby it issues loans with unlawful interest rates to Pennsylvania residents.

August 30, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims TD Ameritrade, Inc. failed to protect the personal information of over 61,000 current and former customers from a “major data breach” in May 2023.

August 29, 2023 Payday loan company Advance America faces at least three proposed class actions in the wake of a February 2023 data breach that went unreported for roughly six months.

August 24, 2023 A class action alleges Constellation NewEnergy has charged customers in more than a dozen states a retail service charge that exceeds the cap stipulated in its contracts.

August 24, 2023 A California doctor alleges Experian, Equifax and TransUnion have violated antitrust law by refusing to report unpaid medical bills under $500 on consumer credit reports.

August 14, 2023 A class action filed by a New York homeowner claims LoanCare, LLC “willfully” furnished credit reporting agencies with false information about him and improperly threatened him with foreclosure.

July 31, 2023 Two proposed class action lawsuits claim Bank of America and American Express have since March 2022 unlawfully imposed excessive interest rates on cardholders.

June 9, 2023 A proposed class action alleges Binance has knowingly aided and abetted the theft and subsequent laundering of Bitcoin, Ether and other assets.

June 5, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims the operators Makwa Finance and certain affiliates of the online lender are involved in an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby they have extended loans with unlawful interest rates to Illinois residents.

May 26, 2023 A class action claims Charles River Labs and several top officers have injured investors financially by concealing that the company was being investigated by the DOJ over its allegedly illegal importation of primates for research.

May 26, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims the owners of online lender FoxHillsCash.com are behind an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby they have issued loans with unlawful interest rates to Illinois residents.

May 24, 2023 Shaquille O’Neal faces a proposed class action lawsuit over his connection to tokens and NFTs associated with The Astrals Project.

May 11, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Bank of America has collected unlawful payment processing fees from borrowers who make monthly mortgage payments online or by phone.

May 8, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims online lenders Evergreen Services and LDF Holdings, LLC are engaged in an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby they have issued to Illinois residents loans with unlawful interest rates.

May 1, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Bank of America has concealed that it charges a $15 fee when a personal accountholder receives wired funds into their account.

April 6, 2023 A class action lawsuit filed against United Wealth Education (UWE) claims the companies behind the credit repair and financial wellness service wrongfully fired certain workers and still owe them sales commissions.

April 4, 2023 Binance, CEO Changpeng Zhao and several “influencers” face a class action lawsuit over their alleged role in the illegal sale of unregistered securities.

March 23, 2023 A class action claims the operators of online lender AscendLoans.com are engaged in a “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby they’ve issued to Illinois residents “predatory” loans with illegal interest rates.

March 3, 2023 A lawsuit alleges T-Mobile falsely claimed "hundreds of stores" would open after its merger with Sprint while failing to disclose its plans to take over/close existing stores “without just and fair compensation.”

March 2, 2023 A class action alleges Merchant Lynx Services has assessed and taken from small businesses “unauthorized and excessive fees,” solely to increase its own profits.

March 1, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims online lenders Eagle Valley Lending and Fast Auto Loans are behind a “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby they issue “predatory” loans with unlawful interest rates to Illinois residents.

February 21, 2023 A victim of the 2022 Nomad Bridge hack has sued the bridge’s operator and the entities in possession of the cryptographic keys needed to access the highly valuable crypto asset-moving pathway.

February 6, 2023 A class action alleges YouTuber Logan Paul and others manipulated consumers into buying Zoo Tokens and NFTs for CryptoZoo, an online game that “did not work and never existed.”

January 20, 2023 A proposed class action alleges a service malfunction on January 18, 2023 caused a number of Zelle money transfers to be unexpectedly reversed for some BoA customers.

January 20, 2023 A class action claims the practices of UHG I, LLC are unlawful in that the third-party debt collector buys and attempts to collect upon payday loans with “unconscionable” interest rates.

January 17, 2023 A class action alleges Coinbase Global has refused to distribute blockchain company Flare Network’s FLR and Songbird digital currency units to XRP investors.

January 17, 2023 Atlantic Union Bank faces a class action lawsuit that alleges the bank charges overdraft fees on transactions that do not actually overdraw customers’ accounts.

December 13, 2022 A class action alleges a JetBlue and American Airlines "alliance" has eliminated competition between the two at the four largest airports nationwide and caused prices to increase for consumers.

December 7, 2022 A class action alleges embattled FTX founder and ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried deliberately caused “one of the most spectacular financial frauds since Bernie Madoff.”

December 2, 2022 A class action alleges crypto-bank Silvergate Capital Corporation and its chief executive and risk officers were complicit in and enabled massive losses linked to Nov. 2022's FTX collapse.

December 2, 2022 A class action alleges MortgageDepot and U.S. Bank have routinely charged illegal processing fees to borrowers who make monthly mortgage payments online or by phone.

November 30, 2022 A class action alleges "anticompetitive agreements" between Disney and competitors in the live TV streaming market have caused the price of YouTube TV and other subscriptions to nearly double.

November 14, 2022 A class action alleges Blackhawk Network is at fault for a “foreseeable” data breach that hit MyPrepaidCenter.com in September 2022, affecting thousands of consumers.

November 10, 2022 Executives at crypto firm Voyager Digital face a class action that alleges the Earn accounts and VGX token once offered by the bankrupt company were unregistered securities.

November 10, 2022 A class action alleges the U.S. Dept. of Education has enabled fraudsters to steal hundreds of millions of dollars and saddle innocent consumers with fraudulent student loan debt.

November 9, 2022 A class action alleges subscription streaming service FloSports has broken the law by routinely taking money out of consumers’ bank accounts without written authorization.

November 8, 2022 Community Loan Servicing faces a class action that alleges a data breach last year was caused by the company’s failure to implement reasonable cybersecurity procedures.

November 3, 2022 A class action alleges RealPage has aided a collection of lessors who have illegally agreed to artificially inflate the prices of student housing in college towns nationwide.

November 3, 2022 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Delaware State Escheator Brenda Mayrack and other officials have grossly misapplied the state’s Unclaimed Property Law.

November 2, 2022 A class action alleges a "secret" licensing deal between Comedy Central Records and SiriusXM has led to a significant reduction in royalties paid to comedians whose work is broadcast by the satellite radio provider.

October 21, 2022 A class action alleges certain Hyundai drivers have been wrongfully charged more than the end-of-lease price specified in their leases once the lease was up.

October 18, 2022 Ford and its affiliated United Auto Workers pension plan face a class action that alleges they’ve failed to provide future service credits pursuant to the union’s collectively bargained agreement with the automaker.