Business/Finance

December 12, 2023 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges DraftKings’ advertisement of a $1,000 bonus for new customers is unfair and deceptive.

December 7, 2023 A class action alleges the companies behind WithULoans.com run an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby Illinois residents are issued loans with unlawfully high interest rates.

November 29, 2023 A class action alleges soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo illegally engaged in the mass solicitation of unregistered securities on behalf of embattled crypto exchange Binance.

November 20, 2023 A class action claims online lender Helix Financial and its partner bank have engaged in a “rent-a-bank” scheme whereby they issue loans with illegal interest rates to Georgia residents.

November 17, 2023 A class action accuses Croft & Frost and its namesakes of malpractice in that the accounting firm took on more business than it could manage before abruptly closing its doors days before a tax filing deadline.

November 9, 2023 A class action claims the company behind cryptocurrency trading platform Binance.US has unlawfully captured, stored and shared with third parties users’ biometric data without consent.

November 1, 2023 A class action alleges the operator of Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena charges an undisclosed service fee when patrons buy concessions at non-Kraken events.

October 31, 2023 A class action aims to represent precious-metals SDIRA owners steered toward First State Depository by New Direction Trust Company and, as a result, allegedly lost millions in retirement savings.

October 26, 2023 A class action alleges Bankers Healthcare Group and part-owner Pinnacle Bank have issued to consumers expensive loans fraudulently disguised as business loans to hide their “predatory” lending practices.

October 24, 2023 A class action claims PFCU has failed to properly notify borrowers of their vehicle’s repossession by inflating the amount needed to reclaim the property and misrepresenting consumers’ redemption rights under state law.

October 11, 2023 A class action lawsuit accuses Radian Settlement Services, Inc. and CEO Shawn P. Murphy of overcharging consumers for notary services.

October 10, 2023 A proposed class action alleges a coterie of real estate companies have conspired to fix and raise mobile home lot rental prices.

October 10, 2023 Corebridge Financial faces a class action lawsuit over a May 2023 data breach that reportedly exposed the personal information of approximately 798,000 individuals.

October 9, 2023 A class action alleges PayPal has illegally wielded agreements with online retailers to prevent them from offering price incentives to steer consumers away from the payment platform.

October 6, 2023 A class action claims the operator of online lender LittleLakeLending.com is part of an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby Illinois residents are issued loans with excessive interest rates.

October 4, 2023 A class action claims the operators of online lender BlueTrustLoans.com are behind an illegal “rent-a-tribe” scheme whereby they issue loans with unlawful interest rates to Illinois residents.

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.