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- Prepaid Debit Card alleging hidden prepaid debit card fees. (Oct-8-09)
- Bank Overdraft Fees alleging excessive fees and misrepresentation of account balances and more. (Oct-6-09)
- SunTrust HELOC allegedly violated clients contracts by decreasing, freezing, or terminating HELOC loans. (Sep-1-09)
- Grubb & Ellis alleging violations of fiduciary duties to shareholders and securities laws. (Jan-13-09)
- Mutual Fund Losses alleging financial advisors breached fiduciary duties by not looking out for investors best interests. (Oct-20-08)
- Stock Market Losses alleging bad financial advice and conflicts of interest. (Sep-23-08)
- Bank of America Buys Merrill for $50 Billion (Sep-15-08)
- Lehman Brothers Bankrupt, Files Chapter 11 (Sep-15-08)
- Financial Elder Abuse allegedly taken advantage of in Southern California. (Sep-8-08)
- Hedge Funds alleging companies involved in mortgage fraud. (Jun-19-08)
- Veolia Water allegedly overestimated water usage for residential customers. (Apr-27-08)
- ArthroCare allegedly violated federal securities laws. (Apr-24-08)
- Anaheim, CA allegedly neglected to maintain and upkeep a hotel rental property. (Apr-21-08)
- Citigroup, Inc. alleging mislead investors about risky hedge funds. (Apr-14-08)
- Citigroup Inc. alleging deceptive marketing of auction rate securities. (Mar-31-08)
- LifeLock allegedly defrauded customers by offering services it could not legally perform. (Mar-31-08)
- UBS AG allegedly encouraged clients to place money in auction-rate notes instead of other short-term investments, without disclosing the risks. (Mar-17-08)
- Frank Bluestein, The Maximum Financial Group, Inc., Questar Capital Corporation, and Gunnallen Financial, Inc. alleging schemed investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars. (Mar-5-08)
- UAB Health System and Franklin Collection Service allegedly violated the RICO Act in collection practices on delinquent patient accounts. (Mar-3-08)
- Fraude al Consumidor o Fraude Financiero (Mar-1-08)
- Bankruptcy helping to get you out of debt. (Mar-1-08)
- Countrywide Financial Corp. allegedly charged borrowers improper foreclosure fees. (Feb-27-08)
- Mutual Funds alleging financial companies breached ERISA act with employee 401k plan holders. (Feb-14-08)
- Bank of America and MBNA Corp. allegedly made false and misleading statements in their live check loan solicitations.
(Feb-9-08)
- Duke Energy Corp. allegedly paid kickbacks to large corporations to keep their rate hike oppositions quiet. (Jan-21-08)
- Retirement Fund Fraud alleging banks, brokers and investment firms are passing investment risks on to investors. (Nov-14-07)
- Washington Mutual allegedly controlled appraisal values and applied pressure to appraisers. (Nov-2-07)
- Glencrest Resources allegedly failed to pay landowners mineral rights lease bonuses. (Nov-1-07)
- Best Buy Deferred Credit Card alleging that customers who used deferred credit card payment have customer service issues. (Oct-30-07)
- Lehman Brothers Bank allegedly breached contracts by terminating rate lock agreements. (Oct-15-07)
- Washington Group International alleging its sale to URS Corp. is unfair to shareholders.
(Oct-8-07)
- Moody's Corp. allegedly mislead investors regarding its excessively high ratings to bonds backed by subprime mortgages. (Sep-27-07)
- Bank of America Corp. allegedly improperly renewed certificate of deposit or time deposit accounts at below market rates.
(Sep-27-07)
- Excessive Attorney Mortgage Fees alleging that mortgage companies are forcing people to pay three or four times the normal attorney fees. (Sep-24-07)
- Wachovia Corp. allegedly being dishonest in explaining its option adjustable rate mortgages to consumers.
(Sep-20-07)
- Pinnacle Group allegedly evicted 5,000 tenants and broke rent-stabilization laws. (Sep-18-07)
- British Airways alleging negligence in lost and misplaced luggage. (Sep-8-07)
- Linebarger, Goggan Blair & Sampson alleging delinquent property tax collection methods violate the Texas Tax Code. (Aug-14-07)
- Lyondell Chemical Co. allegedly breached its fiduciary duty in agreeing to a proposed buyout. (Jul-26-07)
- Marion County, IN alleging unfair increases in property taxes. (Jul-16-07)
- Hilton Hotels shareholders allege the pending Blackstone acquisition sale price is too low. (Jul-10-07)
- Fifth Third Bank allegedly improperly accessed credit information and violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act. (Jul-2-07)
- Nuveen Investments Inc. allegedly breached fiduciary duties in the proposed merger. (Jun-28-07)
- New York Stock Exchange alleging securities fraud. (Jun-26-07)
- Jefferson County, AL allegedly owes residents refunds on occupational taxes. (Jun-21-07)
- Hotel Safes allegedly not disclosing fee for in room safes. (Jun-20-07)
- Westborough Financial Services Inc. alleging breach of fiduciary duty in a proposed merger. (Jun-12-07)
- Novellus Systems alleging company insiders enriched themselves through backdating stocks. (May-29-07)
- Retail Return Restocking Fees alleging unreasonable, deceptive and misleading business practices. (May-25-07)
- Fortune 1000 Companies 401k alleging excessive administration and management fees to administer plans. (May-23-07)
- Capital One Credit Cards Aparentemente no se informaron de la manera adecuada los términos del pago con tarjeta de crédito de Capital One en la oferta promocional de cheques en blanco para la temporada de Navidad del 2006. (May-23-07)
- Ejecuciones de Beazer Homes Se están investigando las ejecuciones de Beazer Homes por utilizar presuntamente prácticas de comercio desleales y engañosas en los préstamos hipotecarios. (May-23-07)
- Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Litigio contra corredores de bolsa y asesores financieros alegando negligencia en las pérdidas en las acciones de inversión. Registre su reclamo con un abogado. (May-15-07)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency allegedly cut off vital housing assistance without proper notification or reasoning. (Apr-24-07)
- Beazer Homes Foreclosures allegedly used unfair and deceptive trade practices in mortgage loans. (Apr-11-07)
- Capital One Credit Cards alleging undisclosed terms of interest charges and balance payments for 2006 blank check promotional offer. (Apr-5-07)
- Beazer Homes USA Inc. allegedly sold mortgages to unqualified buyers. (Apr-3-07)
- Ontario Lottery Corp. (Apr-2-07)
- Monster Worldwide Inc. allegedly inflated its stock price by improperly accounting for stock option grants. (Mar-20-07)
- Abusos de Empresas de Tarjetas de Crédito Fraude con tarjetas de crédito, abuso con tarjetas de crédito y juicios por aumento en las tasas de las tarjetas de crédito. Envíe su demanda por abuso de tarjetas de crédito a un abogado especializado en tarjetas de crédito. (Mar-12-07)
- Credit Card Companies alleging language barriers make credit card bills confusing. (Mar-7-07)
- Southwest Exchange, Inc. and Qualified Exchange Services allegedly misappropriated, stole, and embezzled money from escrow accounts. (Feb-27-07)
- Lou Pearlman and Trans Continental Airlines alleging investment fraud. (Feb-27-07)
- Coldwell Banker Burnet allegedly provided referral incentives. (Feb-27-07)
- Metlife and the ISTA Financial Services Corp. allegedly solicited teacher retirement funds through deceptive practices. (Feb-22-07)
- Online Service alleging that online companies continue billing after difficult cancellation process. (Jan-30-07)
- Alvarion Ltd. allegedly failed to state revenue losses. (Jan-30-07)
- Midwest Air Group Inc. seeking to suspend a poison pill provision to allow bidders to acquire the airline. (Jan-23-07)
- Hoosier Lottery allegedly misrepresenting the odds of winning a scratch-off game and the prizes that were available. (Jan-9-07)
- Jovane Investments allegedly scammed investors into purchasing houses with questionable loans. (Jan-9-07)
- Birmingham Race Course allegedly provided illegal slot machines. (Dec-11-06)
- Trident Microsystems Inc. allegedly violated securities laws with backdated stock options. (Dec-5-06)
- Kanbay International Inc. allegedly breached fiduciary duty in its sale. (Dec-4-06)
- Equity Office Properties Trust alleging a buyout offer was too low. (Nov-28-06)
- Autodesk, Inc. allegedly breached fiduciary duty by backdating stock options. (Nov-28-06)
- Hansen Natural Corp. allegedly back dated stock options. (Nov-21-06)
- Chordiant Software, Inc. allegedly back dated stock option grants. (Nov-20-06)
- Clear Channel Communications Inc. allegedly breached fiduciary duties by agreeing to sell the company. (Nov-20-06)
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International allegedly back dated stock option grants. (Nov-14-06)
- United Parcel Service alleging misleading and deceptive practices by charging undisclosed brokerage fees. (Oct-31-06)
- Novell, Inc. allegedly backdated historical stock based compensation practices. (Oct-30-06)
- Freescale Semiconductor Inc. allegedly breached fiduciary duty related to a proposed acquisition. (Oct-25-06)
- Legg Mason Inc. allegedly deceived investors regarding a recent takeover. (Oct-20-06)
- Ridley Inc. and the Canadian Federal Government alleging inaction and negligence led to spread of mad cow disease. (Oct-19-06)
- Robert Penn allegedly lured others into a house flipping scheme. (Oct-16-06)
- Research in Motion Ltd. alleging potential violations related to the backdating of stock options. (Oct-12-06)
- Boeing allegedly failed to adequately monitor and disclose revenue sharing fees of its 401K plan. (Oct-10-06)
- Stellar Management and Rockpoint Group allegedly violated San Francisco's Rent Control Ordinance. (Oct-10-06)
- Holland America Line allegedly defrauded passengers by charging fines and accepting kick backs from shore excursion providers. (Sep-25-06)
- Tribune Co. allegedly harmed shareholders by refusing a sale and pursuing a stock repurchase program. (Sep-20-06)
- NorthSteppe Realty allegedly grossly underestimated gas bills to lure student tenants. (Sep-7-06)
- Hilton Head Island alleging illegal business licensing practices that unfairly discriminate against certain companies. (Aug-23-06)
- Mike Burns and Bob Richter of Dana Corp. allegedly used accounting manipulations to conceal financial results and mislead investors. (Aug-21-06)
- BP allegedly breached duties to shareholders by failing to repair an oil field. (Aug-16-06)
- HSBC Bank alleging a security flaw exposed millions of online bankers to possible hackers.
(Aug-15-06)
- SanDisk Corp. allegedly breached fiduciary duties regarding option backdating. (Aug-11-06)
- American Express Co. alleging misleading and fraudulent advertising related to cash rebates for its Blue Cash card. (Aug-7-06)
- Viacom Inc. allegedly mislead shareholders regarding the financial state of Blockbuster. (Aug-4-06)
- Univision Communications Inc. allegedly breached fiduciary duties in its sale agreement.
(Jul-11-06)
- Government of Poland alleged to knowingly deceive and refuse to pay bondholders.
(Jun-26-06)
- City of San Diego, CA alleging affordable housing law is unconstitutional. (May-30-06)
- Caremark Rx Inc. allegedly backdated stock options. (May-30-06)
- Directors Guild of America allegedly collected and retained foreign levies on behalf of nonmembers. (May-23-06)
- Salvation Army allegedly took money from immigrants to gain legal status. (May-22-06)
- CIGNA allegedly denied its beneficiaries correct benefits. (May-19-06)
- State of Maryland allegedly denied students in-state status. (May-16-06)
- Quiznos Sub allegedly keep franchisees fees and sales taxes. (May-8-06)
- Payday alleging check cashing advances are illegal loans. (May-2-06)
- Fort Wayne Neighborhood Housing Partnership allegedly sold homes at inflated prices. (Apr-25-06)
- Haydee Verdugo allegedly stole buyer's down payments on property. (Apr-3-06)
- U.S. Department of Education allegedly denies financial aid to students previously convicted of drug offences. (Mar-28-06)
- Annuity Plan Fraud alleging fraudulent advertising of annuity plans. (Mar-28-06)
- Royal Group Technologies Ltd. allegedly violated US securities laws by failing to disclose related party transactions and overstating financial results. (Mar-23-06)
- H&R Block Fraud allegedly steering clients to money losing retirement savings plans. (Mar-15-06)
- Citibank ATM alleged security fraud and breach of bank accounts (Mar-6-06)
- Pottery Barn alleging wrongful additional delivery charges. (Feb-24-06)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture; Commodity Credit Corp. and Mike Johanns allegedly applied a different formula to tobacco growers that decreased their settlement quota by up to $600 million. (Feb-7-06)
- Ameriprise Financial alleging negligence resulting in identity theft. (Jan-31-06)
- State of Minnesota alleging chared smokers a $.75 health impact fee for cigarettes. (Jan-30-06)
- South Carolina State Lottery alleged fraud and false advertising caused consumers to purchase scratch-off lottery tickets for prizes already claimed. (Jan-4-06)
- Identity Theft gaining illegal access to personal and private information. (Oct-18-05)
- Homecomings Financial Network alleging unfair mortgage loan business practices. (Sep-27-05)
- Wells Fargo alleging unfair business practices by not having a broker present for home loans. (Aug-14-05)
- Cardsystems Solutions, Inc. allegedly failed to adequately secure confidential credit card date and violated their duty to inform customers of the security breach. (Jun-28-05)
- Dominion Transmission Inc. alleging financial harm from an energy report error. (Jun-21-05)
- Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers alleging careless mistakes or intentional fraud. (May-25-05)
- Security Deposit alleging improper return of deposit balance. (May-24-05)
- SAIC (identity theft) alleging negligence resulting in identity theft. (May-4-05)
- SAIC alleging negligence resulting in identity theft. (May-3-05)
- E Trade Mortgage Corporation, CA alleging that E*Trade had failed to provide the "clear and conspicuous" disclosure of rescission rights. (Feb-24-05)
- Credit Repair alleging many "credit repair" companies are fraudulent. (Jan-2-05)
- H&R Block (TX settlement) (Dec-12-04)
- GMAC Mortgages alleging failure to post payments on time, false fees, and unnecessary forced insurance. (Dec-9-04)
- Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp allegedly failing to credit payments, failing to pay insurance and tax payments, charging late fees when payments have been made on time... (Nov-18-04)
- Wachovia Bank et al allegedly charging customers for low balance or inactive accounts. (Nov-18-04)
- Wells Fargo allegedly failing to protect customers information. (Nov-9-04)
- Bank of America Corporation et al. allegedly allowing unauthorized withdrawal from customer's accounts. (Oct-6-04)
- Limited Partnership Abuses have you lost money from bad investments? (Sep-24-04)
- Hazard Insurance your bank may be charging you hazard insurance on your mortgage that you do not need. (Sep-24-04)
- Abusive credit card fees, CA including improper late fees, overlimit fees, fees for goods or services you did not request, undisclosed fees or improper penalty interest. (Sep-23-04)
- Mortgage Fees alleging excessive charges. (Sep-23-04)
- Credit Card Overlimit Fees alleging overlimit penalties resulting purely from the assessment of annual fees. (Jul-17-04)
- Credit Card Rate Hikes alleging abusive fees, rate hikes, etc. (Jul-14-04)
- Credit Card Rate Increase after allegedly being offered a fixed rate on balance transfers. (Jun-21-04)
- Leased Vehicle wrongful charges for excessive wear and tear. (Jun-5-04)
- MetLife Financial if your portfolio was transferred to or analysed by MetLife Financial. (May-29-04)
- Credit Card allegedly charging late charges when the credit card company transferred its accounts to another company. (May-2-04)
- PayPal for allegedly not providing access to info for complaints, and freezing accounts. (Mar-9-04)
- Variable Annuity alleging market timing and other improper practices. (Jan-30-04)
- Ameriquest alleging that California customers obtaining refinance from Ameriquest were charged fees for services and discounts not delivered to them. (Oct-20-03)
- Salomon Smith Barney for alleged conflicts of interest when reporting on such companies as AT&T, Level 3 Communications, Inc., Adelphia Communications Corporation, and Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. (Sep-25-03)
- Credit Card Abuse alleging undisclosed fees charged for concenience checks. (Jun-17-03)
- Credit Agencies for allegedly maintaining faulty credit reports that result in increased insurance costs. (May-6-03)
- Concord Payment Systems for allegedly withholding funds. (Apr-3-03)
- First Consumers National Bank alleging the company aggressively sold credit cards with hidden fees to low-income consumers... (Apr-1-03)
- Cendant Mortgage allegedly overcharging clients when they refinance. (Jan-1-03)
- Wells Fargo improperly charged mortgage interest. (Jan-1-03)
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