Legal News - Class Action Lawsuit & Class Action Settlement News & Updates

March 9, 2018 An Ohio consumer claims the Southard Corporation placed cold calls through a prohibited automatic telephone dialing system without consent.

March 9, 2018 A current employee claims Ambassador College Bookstores owes her back wages for a period in which she was misclassified as exempt from overtime pay.

March 9, 2018 A proposed collective action has been filed against Bright Laundry Land Corp. and two individual owners by two former employees who take issue with the defendants’ pay practices.

March 9, 2018 A growing number of lawsuits have been filed against a group of pharmaceutical companies and distributors over claims that the defendants have caused a national health crisis by deceptively marketing opioids for long-term use.

March 8, 2018 A former employee of La Mia Pizza has filed suit against the restaurant’s five operating companies and six individual owners over claims that the defendants failed to adhere to the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law.

March 8, 2018 Four plaintiffs have filed a proposed collective action against the owners and operators of New York City restaurant and catering company Green Summit.

March 8, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed in New York against BFY Brands, Inc. in which the plaintiff claims the company’s Popcorners snack chip products are sold with unacceptable levels non-functional slack fill.

March 8, 2018 Account Control Technology, Inc. is the defendant in a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a New York man who claims the debt collector sent him a misleading letter.

March 8, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed in Virginia against IO, Inc. over alleged violations of federal debt collection law.

March 8, 2018 Dynamic Recovery Solutions, LLC and LVNV Funding, LLC are facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the debt collectors misled a Texas consumer as to her rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

March 8, 2018 The plaintiff claims he put in as many as 63 hours per week at Diaz Supermarket while only being paid a $600 salary for up to 40 hours of work.

March 8, 2018 The suit claims Telstar docked various amounts from installers' paychecks, effectively lowering their wages below the allowable minimum.

March 7, 2018 Another proposed class action has been filed against a group of 22 pharmaceutical companies and distributors over claims that the defendants’ deceptive marketing scheme and negligence have fueled the nation’s growing opioid crisis.

March 7, 2018 A Massachusetts woman has filed suit against American General Life Insurance Company (AGLI) alleging the defendant failed to timely pay a death benefit and denied her statutorily mandated interest.

March 7, 2018 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Michael Foods, Inc., and a subsidiary that supplies private label eggs for Wal-Mart are facing a Washington consumer’s proposed class action that takes issue with the defendants’ labeling of their shell egg products.

March 7, 2018 Two companies and two individuals who operate Szechuan Story (also known as Szechuan Story Hot Pot) and Wego KTV are facing a proposed class and collective action from two former employees who allege the defendants violated state and federal labor laws.

March 7, 2018 Another proposed class action lawsuit alleges a “cartel” of 16 defendants violated federal antitrust laws.

March 7, 2018 Nebula Holdings, LLC (which does business as Nebula Financial) is on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the defendant violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

March 7, 2018 A former employee has filed a proposed collective action against BJG Food Corp., which operates Daisey’s Diner in Brooklyn.

March 7, 2018 Joe Asian Sushi Inc. (which does business as Joe Asian & Sushi) and three individual owners are facing a former employee’s proposed collective action.

March 7, 2018 A Wisconsin consumer claims in a proposed class action that Allied Interstate LLC ran afoul of federal debt collection regulations.

March 7, 2018 A California consumer is behind a proposed class action in which he alleges Nationstar Mortgage LLC, doing business as Mr. Cooper, conducted an unauthorized credit inquiry.

March 7, 2018 Two more lawsuits allege certain Big Heart Pet Brands dog food varieties are contaminated with pentobarbital, a sedative used during euthanization.

March 6, 2018 A group of 20 pharmaceutical companies and distributors has been named in a proposed class action lawsuit filed on behalf of a newborn baby who the suit claims suffers from neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) as a result of the defendants’ actions.

March 6, 2018 Winco Holdings, Inc. has been named as the defendant in a proposed class action filed by a former employee who claims she was never paid for her accrued vacation days and was wrongfully terminated.

March 6, 2018 A proposed collective action has been filed against Venky’s Food Corp. (which does business as Om Real Indian Food Restaurant) and an individual owner over claims that the parties violated provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law.

March 6, 2018 Mike’s Mastercraft Collision Center, Inc. and two individual owners are the defendants in a proposed collective action filed by a former employee who claims he wasn’t paid properly.

March 6, 2018 LTD Financial Services, L.P. and Advantage Assets II, Inc. are on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the defendants misled the plaintiff concerning their right to sue him to collect on the purported debt.

March 6, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Eltman Law, P.C. accusing the debt collector of failing to comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

March 6, 2018 Nationwide Credit, Inc. is on the receiving end of a proposed class action that claims the defendant sent a debt collection letter that violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

March 6, 2018 A group of debt collectors is facing a proposed class action that claims the defendants unlawfully filed lawsuits against consumers in an attempt to collect on defaulted student loans 'that they cannot prove they are owed.'

March 6, 2018 Forster & Garbus, LLP; LVNV Funding LLC; Sherman Financial Group, LLC; Resurgent Capital Services LP; and two individuals are facing a proposed class action filed by a New York man who alleges violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

March 6, 2018 SKC Enterprises, Inc. is on the receiving end of a proposed class and collective action filed by an Arkansas woman who claims she and other assistant managers were not paid proper minimum and overtime.

March 6, 2018 From Arkansas comes a proposed class and collective action in which the plaintiff, a former server, claims the operators of Little Rock’s P.F. Chang’s China Bistro failed to pay appropriate wages.

March 6, 2018 Two plaintiffs have filed a second proposed class action lawsuit against embattled cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, Inc.

March 6, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. and two executives over claims that the defendants misled investors concerning the company’s accounting practices and financial reporting.

March 5, 2018 A consumer alleges that Global Control mailed a collection notice containing language meant to scare her into paying a debt.

March 5, 2018 Capitala Finance Corp. and two top executives are facing a securities lawsuit originally filed in December 2017 that has recently been removed to federal court in North Carolina.

March 5, 2018 A former housekeeper/cleaning employee has filed a lawsuit against Advanced Pharma CR, LLC and its two owners in which she claims she worked 50 hours per week at the defendants’ private residence without overtime pay.

March 5, 2018 Two former employees have sued Hudson Seafood Corporation over allegations that some workers weren’t paid the proper minimum wage.

March 5, 2018 A New York consumer alleges in a proposed class action that defendant Fairfax Servicing LLC left him many answering machine messages in which the company unlawfully failed to identify itself as a debt collector.

March 5, 2018 A proposed class action has been filed against a group of pharmaceutical companies claiming they conspired to delay the entrance of generic alternatives to Zetia into the market, thereby overcharging consumers by “tens of millions of dollars.”

March 5, 2018 A proposed collective action has been filed against Venice HMA, LLC by two former employees who claim they were denied overtime wages while working at the hospital as nurse case managers.

March 5, 2018 Merchants & Professional Credit Bureau, Inc. is facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a Texas woman who claims the defendant sent her a collection letter that violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

March 5, 2018 Alleged junk faxes are the subject of a proposed class action filed in Michigan against physician network MDVIP, Inc.

March 5, 2018 The plaintiff claims Almost Family submitted a 'materially incomplete and misleading' registration statement to to prop up support for the LHC merger.

March 2, 2018 The operating companies and individual owners of PJ Berstein Deli [sic] are on the receiving end of a proposed collective action that claims the defendants violated several provisions of state and federal labor laws.

March 2, 2018 JustFoodForDogs, LLC is facing a proposed class action filed by a California consumer who claims the defendant violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA) by printing her credit card’s expiration date on her receipt.

March 2, 2018 A former employee has filed suit against Kindred Healthcare, Inc. and Kindred Healthcare Operating, Inc. (which does business as Kindred at Home) over claims that the defendants failed to properly compensate employees.

March 2, 2018 Holman Distribution Center of Washington, Inc. has been named as the defendant in a proposed class and collective action filed by a former warehouse employee who claims he wasn’t paid premium overtime wages.