Fair Employment and Housing Act

January 5, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Navy Federal Credit Union has discriminated against racial minorities by disproportionately denying mortgage applications that would have been approved for similarly situated white Americans.

August 10, 2022 Nearly 20 residents of a Newport News, Virginia apartment building have filed a proposed class action against the building’s owners over their apparent failure to maintain two elevators.

June 13, 2022 Wells Fargo faces a proposed class action that alleges the bank has unlawfully rejected the majority of home loan applications submitted by African American and Black consumers.

June 1, 2022 A class action alleges Wintrust Financial Corporation and Barrington Bank & Trust Co., N.A. have discriminated against certain Black and/or African American consumers on the basis of race during the mortgage lending process.

February 21, 2022 A Georgia resident alleges Wells Fargo Bank’s mortgage origination and underwriting practices “intentionally and disproportionately” discriminate against African American home loan applicants.

August 16, 2021 A lawsuit alleges Prima Frutta Packing and related entities have unlawfully discriminated against agricultural workers on the basis of age, sex and national origin.

May 17, 2021 A class action alleges the Salvation Army has put thousands each year at an increased risk of death, relapse, severe illness and homelessness by denying those with opioid addiction access to doctor-prescribed medication-assisted treatments.

November 18, 2020 A class action alleges the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the City of Hartford, Conn. have worsened racial housing segregation in the city over decades.

July 27, 2020 A class action claims Central Valley Meat Co. pressured employees sick with COVID-19 to continue coming to work, exacerbating an outbreak at its Hanford, Calif. facility.