Business/Finance

January 20, 2021 A class action alleges Mercedes-Benz and the directors of its employee 401(k) retirement savings plan have caused participants to pay “unreasonable and excessive” annual service fees.

January 20, 2021 A class action claims the City National Bank has failed to properly disclose its overdraft practices to customers and therefore charged illegal fees.

January 20, 2021 Robinhood faces another class action over its apparent failure to disclose that the majority of its revenue comes from high rates of payment for order flow.

January 20, 2021 A class action claims Associated Banc-Corp loaded its employee retirement plan with imprudent investments and allowed the plan to be charged excessive fees.

January 19, 2021 A lawsuit alleges restaurants in California should be refunded permit and licensing fees given government orders forced them to close amid the COVID-19 crisis.

January 19, 2021 ASCAP and BMI face a class action that claims, among other charges, that the mandatory arbitration agreement wielded by the music licensing fee and royalty processors is void and unenforceable.

January 15, 2021 A class action alleges Invitation Homes has unlawfully stacked penalties against renting tenants across 12 states.

January 15, 2021 A lawsuit claims State Farm unlawfully lowers the maximum amount of lost wages to which policyholders and their beneficiaries are entitled following an accident.

January 13, 2021 Manhattanville College faces a class action that claims the school has refused to issue acceptable refunds for the Spring 2020 semester cut short by COVID-19.

January 12, 2021 A class action alleges Wells Fargo discriminates against non-U.S. citizens who live in the country legally by denying access to certain financial services and products.

January 12, 2021 The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin claims a group of insurers refused to pay claims for damages stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.

January 7, 2021 Drew University faces a lawsuit seeking tuition and fee refunds for the semester that was transitioned to an online-only format in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

January 6, 2021 A class action claims Verizon Wireless has fraudulently sold ancillary goods and services without sending sales confirmations or new monthly bill totals.

January 6, 2021 A lawsuit claims Howard University failed to issue refunds for tuition and fees paid for the Spring 2020 semester that was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.

January 6, 2021 A proposed class action alleges cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has illegally sold securities in exchange for commission payments without a license to do so.

January 6, 2021 A lawsuit claims major streaming services owe unpaid franchise fees to Georgia cities and counties under the state's Consumer Choice for Television Act.

January 6, 2021 A class action alleges Bank of New York Mellon's wealth management division has breached its fiduciary duty to those who entrusted the bank to invest their money prudently.

January 5, 2021 A class action alleges Perkins Coie, LLP and several related entities misappropriated money they agreed to hold in escrow and distribute in accordance with “white paper” solicitation documents for an initial token offering.

January 4, 2021 A class action alleges Robinhood has misled novice users into executing inferior trades by failing to disclose that its revenue relies heavily on "payment for order flow" from market makers in exchange for executing trades.

December 22, 2020 A class action claims American National Insurance Company policyholders have paid unlawfully inflated cost of insurance charges.

December 18, 2020 American Bank Systems faces a proposed class action over a data breach in which unauthorized parties reportedly stole over 50 gigabytes of data.

December 18, 2020 A lawsuit claims Lincoln Benefit Life Company failed to send policyholders statutory notices designed to prevent the loss of valuable insurance coverage.

December 17, 2020 A class action alleges American Web Loan and others engaged in a "rent-a-tribe" scheme by which they've issued usurious payday loans, and reaped millions through debt collection, in West Virginia.

December 16, 2020 A class action aims to stop the enforcement of an allegedly "exclusionary and anti-competitive" project labor agreement between Plum Borough and the Pittsburgh Regional Building Trades Council.

December 14, 2020 A class action alleges TD Bank has pulled a "bait-and-switch" on secured credit card holders by failing to adequately disclose that it'll take longer than seven billing cycles to "graduate" to an unsecured card.

December 10, 2020 A class action claims Lincoln Tech owes tuition and fee refunds for semesters in which in-person learning was disrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic.

December 8, 2020 A class action alleges Cabrillo Credit Union has failed to provide customers with a clearly understandable stand-alone disclosure document, or obtain opt-in consent, before assessing overdraft fees.

December 8, 2020 A class action claims Western Flyer Express has used a "multi-pronged fraudulent scheme" to recruit truck drivers into its "lease-purchase" program.

December 4, 2020 A proposed class action alleges The American Institute for Foreign Study, Inc. has refused to offer sufficient refunds to Spring 2020 study abroad students.

December 3, 2020 A class action claims Credit One pushes customers toward its express payment option without disclosing that lower-cost payment methods are available.

December 3, 2020 A class action claims Mr. Cooper Group failed to use portions of borrowers' monthly mortgage payments to cover property taxes and insurance.

December 2, 2020 A class action alleges PHH Mortgage Corp. has violated Texas debt collection law and breached its contracts with borrowers by charging additional fees to make payments online or by phone.

December 1, 2020 A class action alleges traders were harmed financially when Robinhood Financial failed to provide info on a T1 Halt of Hertz Corp. stock in March 2020.

November 30, 2020 Wells Fargo faces a proposed class action in which the bank stands accused of failing to clearly disclose its overdraft practices to accountholders.

November 25, 2020 WW International, Inc. faces a lawsuit that claims it engaged in an unlawful automatic renewal scheme for its Weight Watchers products and services.

November 25, 2020 A proposed class action claims a group of retailers including Walmart and Home Depot unlawfully charged sales tax on protective face masks in Pennsylvania.

November 23, 2020 A number of major colleges face proposed class actions over tuition and fees charged for the coronavirus pandemic-disrupted Spring 2020 semester.

November 20, 2020 A class action alleges debt collector Radius Global Solutions has violated Washington law by ignoring the state's medical Charity Care program mandates.

November 20, 2020 A lawsuit claims CSAA Insurance Exchange pays only a portion of the sales tax owed to policyholders in the event a leased vehicle is declared a total loss.

November 19, 2020 A class action alleges Toyota Motor Credit Corp. has made millions each year by pocketing unearned GAP coverage fees in the event a customer pays off a retail installment sales contract early.

November 18, 2020 A class action alleges Nestlé Waters North America has charged unlawfully excessive late fees to California Ready Fresh by Nestlé subscribers.

November 17, 2020 A class action alleges CitiMortgage has charged Kansas residents who've redeemed their homes after foreclosure for a full year of hazard insurance, even if less is used.

November 17, 2020 A class action alleges Alibaba Group investors were harmed financially when fintech affiliate Ant Group's historic IPO was suspended.

November 17, 2020 Walmart faces a class action wherein a consumer claims the mega retailer has unlawfully charged sales tax on 5-hour Energy dietary supplements sold in Pennsylvania.

November 16, 2020 Sixt Rent-A-Car and National Casualty Co. sell insurance policies to car renters for prices “far in excess” of the actual cost of the policy, a lawsuit claims.

November 12, 2020 A class action alleges Beam Financial has made a number of false assurances to its mobile banking customers.

November 11, 2020 Fifty-four plaintiffs allege Dean Vagnozzi, John W. Pauciulo and Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott were among a number of players in a fraudulent merchant cash advance investment scheme.

November 10, 2020 A lawsuit claims Travelers failed to grant stacked underinsured motorist benefits to members of insureds’ households by way of an exclusion clause buried into policies.

November 9, 2020 A class action alleges Airbnb has shortchanged hosts by choosing to keep money only partially refunded to guests who've canceled reservations due to the coronavirus pandemic.

November 5, 2020 A proposed class action claims Allstate has failed to prudently select and monitor the investment options for its employee retirement savings plan.