Government

February 14, 2025 A class action against Elon Musk alleges taxpayers, federal employees and those receiving benefits should be compensated for DOGE's access to their personal and financial data.

February 10, 2025 A proposed class action lawsuit out of New Jersey alleges the state’s unclaimed property law is unconstitutional.

December 23, 2024 A $92.5 million settlement has been reached to resolve a class action over allegations that the New York City DOC held detained immigrants beyond their scheduled release date.

October 10, 2024 A proposed class action lawsuit claims the United States Department of State knowingly overcharges Americans for expedited passport processing.

October 4, 2024 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and ICE face a class action over an allegedly unconstitutional policy of denying certain detainees access to remote technology that would allow them to participate in state court criminal proceedings.

September 27, 2024 The Nevada Dept. of Education and Clark County School District face a class action over their alleged failure to provide students with disabilities with access to critical programs, teaching and resources.

August 27, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Nassau County's Mask Transparency Act is unconstitutional and discriminatory toward people with disabilities.

August 9, 2024 Toyota Mirai drivers allege in a class action that the automaker has violated antitrust laws to maintain a monopoly on the hydrogen fuel retail market in California.

July 31, 2024 A class action claims the MTA and NYCTA made cuts to bus service without providing proper notice to Mayor Eric Adams or the New York City Council.

July 2, 2024 Form I-9 Compliance, LLC has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit over a data breach that reportedly occurred in early Februrary 2024.

May 10, 2024 A new class action lawsuit alleges Dude Wipes are neither flushable nor safe for plumbing and sewer/septic systems as advertised.

April 9, 2024 A class action alleges LX Hausys has lured skilled Mexican professionals under false pretenses to a Georgia facility, where the workers faced excessive work hours and discriminatory pay.

March 25, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Los Angeles has failed to prevent black market tee-time brokers from buying and reselling tee times on the city’s golf courses.

March 22, 2024 A class action accuses Sewon and TESS of luring and exploiting skilled Mexican engineers to a Georgia manufacturing plant as part of an illegal “bait and switch” scheme to secure cheap labor.

March 14, 2024 A class action alleges the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development has denied thousands of homeowners mortgage insurance premium refunds.

February 28, 2024 A lawsuit alleges Western Union and MoneyGram have illegally swept up and disclosed to a law enforcement education group the transaction data of millions consumers from certain states.

February 27, 2024 A class action lawsuit accuses the Massachusetts State Police of working with Motorola for years to secretly and unconstitutionally record audio and video of state residents.

February 21, 2024 A class action alleges New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services conducts tens of thousands of invasive, traumatic and sudden entries into families’ homes each year.

February 16, 2024 A Title IX class action accuses the Mt. Diablo Unified School District of illegally failing to provide female College Park High School athletes with equal access to and experience with sports opportunities.

February 9, 2024 MOHELA faces a lawsuit over its alleged failure to process and decide on applications for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program in a timely manner.

January 31, 2024 A class action alleges the U.S. Postal Service has failed to provide non-white postal police officers with the same access to an anonymous counseling program as postal inspectors.

December 22, 2023 The DHS and USCIS face a class action over the allegedly “ever-growing and extreme” delays in processing and granting interim relief to noncitizen crime victims awaiting U visas.

November 16, 2023 A class action claims Blue Cross Blue Shield Association secretly transmits federal employees’ private medical data to TikTok, Facebook and other third parties without consent.

November 10, 2023 A proposed class action alleges United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has illegally charged millions of immigrants inflated biometric fees.

November 7, 2023 The Mission Essential Group faces a class action over a cyberattack that potentially exposed the private data of thousands of current and former employees.

November 3, 2023 A class action claims Philadelphia and its firefighters union have misled fire department employees about increased pension benefits from vacation time sellbacks.

September 6, 2023 A class action claims the City of New York and three current and former NYPD commissioners are liable for the law enforcement agency’s allegedly unconstitutional boot-and-tow policy.

August 30, 2023 A class action claims Securix, LLC’s program to enforce state uninsured vehicle statutes has violated consumers’ constitutional rights to due process and allowed the company to reap millions in fees without any legal authority to do so.

August 4, 2023 A class action filed by non-profit immigrant rights organizations and a group of asylum-seekers squares off against the government’s alleged practice of turning away noncitizens at the U.S. border who do not have appointments via the CBP One app.

June 1, 2023 Tyler Technologies and two North Carolina sheriffs face class action that says hundreds have been wrongly detained amid the state court system’s move from paper to digital.

May 3, 2023 The federal government faces a class action that alleges money from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund that the SBA assured would make it to certain priority applicants never did.

March 10, 2023 A class action claims Congress and the U.S. government have systematically issued lower pay raises and retirement benefits to federal employees and retirees in “non-foreign areas” in comparison to their counterparts in the contiguous 48 states.

March 2, 2023 A class action alleges “immense delays and chaos” bogging down Alaska's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program have prevented thousands from accessing benefits they need to buy food.

February 6, 2023 A class action alleges Somerset County (NJ) and its public works dept. “acted recklessly” by failing to close floodgates prior to and during anticipated flooding brought on by Hurricane Ida in Sept. 2021.

January 25, 2023 Twenty-one asylum seekers allege federal officials illegally published the private data of thousands in ICE custody on the agency’s public-facing website.

December 1, 2022 The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District and its police dept. face a class action over the “conduct and omissions” of the city and law enforcement during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022.

November 17, 2022 The United States faces a lawsuit that alleges it failed to pay overtime to civilian detailees who temporarily worked for the Office of Refugee Resettlement in March 2021.

November 17, 2022 The Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health faces a class action after allegedly installing a contact-tracing app on more than one million Android users’ smartphones without their knowledge or consent.

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.

October 25, 2022 A class action lawsuit alleges the Maryland Department of State Police has systemically discriminated against officers of color.

October 18, 2022 Four plaintiffs allege the United States of America has attempted to skirt its obligation to socially disadvantaged farmers by failing to pay off their eligible debt under the American Rescue Plan Act.

September 22, 2022 A class action alleges Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fraudulently induced migrants into boarding planes headed for Martha’s Vineyard, where they were dropped off without food, water or shelter, or anyone even knowing that they were coming.

September 19, 2022 Jackson, Mississippi has been hit with a class action amid a crisis that for weeks left more than 150,000 residents without reliable access to running water.

August 25, 2022 The National Republican Congressional Committee faces a class action after allegedly sending a Philadelphia man more than 60 unsolicited text messages without consent.

August 24, 2022 Nonprofit abortion funds and practical support networks have filed a class action against Texas AG Ken Paxton and each of the state’s county and district attorneys in search of an injunction to declare Texas’s anti-abortion laws null and void.

June 15, 2022 A class action alleges U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Office for Immigration Review have unlawfully denied asylum applicants authorization to work while their applications are being decided on.

May 31, 2022 Washington and California residents have filed a class action in which they object to being asked to participate in the American Community Survey.

May 23, 2022 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Alaska's child welfare system has “long failed” those in foster care, in particular Alaska Native children.

April 13, 2022 Tennessee’s Grainger County, its sheriff and two corrections officers face a proposed class action that alleges multiple female inmates at the Grainger County Jail have been subjected to sexual abuse.

April 8, 2022 A class action alleges the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Services has unconstitutionally denied legal representation and extended foster care to undocumented children and young adults.