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Students pursuing post-secondary education or attending a 2- or 4-year college often find themselves in financial hardship, and rely on student loans to help them through. Allegations about financial fraud have been raised against some student loan companies. Among the complaints against companies, such as ACS and NextStudent, are violations of consumer p... - Data Breach Lawsuit Information and Legal News
A data breach occurs when sensitive information collected (and sometimes stored) by a company is made vulnerable by someone illegally accessing that information. Information breaches can occur in a number of ways, but generally involve computer hackers or computer theft, followed by unlawful access to customer or client information. This sometimes resul... - Wrongful Termination Lawyers, Wrongful Termination Legal Help - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Wrongful termination means an employer has fired or laid off an employee in violation of their legal rights. If wrongful termination law is violated, a wrongfully terminated employee may file a wrongful employment termination complaint with government agencies and/or file a private lawsuit, usually with the help of wrongful termination lawyers . Un... - Internet Payday Loans
anks and smaller financial institutions have been accused of becoming involved in Internet payday loans , short-term loans offered over the Internet that carry high interest rates. Although the banks themselves do not offer Internet loans , they may be allowing companies that do offer the loans to engage in predatory online loan activity, possibly in vio... - Fresenius y DaVita Dialysis Demandas
Granuflo y Naturalyte demandas han sido presentadas en contra de Fresenius Medical Care North America, fabricante y distribuidor de productos de diálisis Granuflo y Naturalyte y DaVita Healthcare Partners , basada en sus acciones, es decir, errores de dosificación álcali llevaron a las muertes injustas de los pacientes en diálisis. Tanto Fresenius y Davi... - Debt Collector Harassment Costs Green Tree Millions
Apr-28-15 Washington, DC Debt collector harassment can come in many forms and from many different purveyors of angst and unfairness. In this case, the harassment came at the hands of a mortgage servicing company that was alleged to have stooped to various forms of bill collector harassment , including multiple calls per day and sometimes as early as 5 am with thr... - Portland Truck Plant Subject of Oregon Employment Lawsuits Over Harassment
Apr-24-15 Portland, OR An Egyptian-born engineer unhappy with alleged harassment, discrimination and other affronts to Oregon Employment law is the latest to launch an Oregon labor lawsuit against a prominent truck manufacturer based in Portland. Previous Oregon lawsuits against Daimler Trucks of North America LLC (Daimler) have alleged similar complaints. Th... - $15M Settlement Reached in Higher One Fees Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $15 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Higher One Holdings, Inc., Higher One, Inc., The Bancorp Bank, Wright Express Financial Services Corporation now known as WEX Bank, and Taylor Capital Group, Inc. ("Defendants") regarding the Fees charged and the marketing of the Higher One OneAccount. A... - HSBC, Assurant Agree to Settle Force-Placed Insurance Class Action for $1.8 Million
Apr-16-15 Colorado Springs, CO A well-known national bank that is alleged to have accepted kickbacks from an insurance provider when placing lender insurance on uninsured or under-insured properties, agreed last week to pay $1.8 million to settle a Force-placed insurance lawsuit. As part of the settlement, HSBC Bank will return some 90 percent of the commissi... - Did Jumping the Gun Kill a Market and Sow the Seeds of Discontent?
Mar-24-15 Jeffersonville, OH Making a go of it in the farming industry is tough enough, without supply corporations making what is easily a hard life even tougher. To that end, the manufacturer of a genetically modified corn seed, Syngenta, is facing a spate of Syngenta Lawsuits following a debacle that cut US corn exports in one year by as much as 85 percent. ... - Fracking Linked to Adrenal Problems
Mar-24-15 Valley Grove, WV Five years ago Mollie and her husband purchased their dream home in the country. Chesapeake Energy a few years later started fracking nearby and their dream turned into a nightmare. Mollie believes her adrenal issues and other health problems are directly caused by hydraulic fracturing contamination. Mollie was a full-time sales man... - Syngenta GMO Corn Seed Lawsuit Legal News and Information
Hundreds of Syngenta Genetically Modified Corn Seed Sales lawsuits have been filed nationwide, claiming Syngenta knew, or should have known, that its genetically modified Viptera corn seed (Agrisure Viptera or MIR 162) and Duracade corn seed would contaminate US corn shipments and prevent the corn from being sold to export markets, particularly Ch... - Consumers Count on Corporations to Keep Their Data Secure
Mar-23-15 Washington, DC The $10 million preliminary settlement announced last week in the 2013 Target data breach , together with preceding settlements tied to prior data breaches affecting other retailers and organizations, signals corporate America’s willingness to settle in view of continuing thefts of and threats to a consumer’s personal informat... - Premera Blue Cross Reports Data Breach of 11 Million Accounts
Los Angeles, CA: As many as 11 million people may have suffered exposure of the medical and financial information as a result of a massive data breach on health insurer Premera Blue Cross. The cyber attack is alleged to have begun in May 2014, with hackers accessing claims data including clinical information, as well as bank account and social securi... - $55M Settlement Reached in Drywall Antitrust MDL
Harrisburg, PA: A$55 million settlement has been reached in a drywall antitrust multi district litigation (MDL) alleging price-fixing among companies that make gypsum board, commonly called drywall, sheetrock or plasterboard. Preliminary approval was granted by US District Senior Judge Michael M aylson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. H... - Cyber Security Expert Says Employees Need to Stop Opening the Door to Strangers
Mar-18-15 New York, NY Another day, another huge data breach . The latest is Premera Blue Cross. The health insurer has just revealed it discovered in January that its data systems were hacked 10 months ago. The Pacific Northwest-based insurer says the breach could have exposed the names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, mailing and e-mail addresses along wi... - Takeda Loses Actos Lawsuit, Ordered to Pay More Than $2 Million
Mar-16-15 Philadelphia, PA A jury in an Actos bladder cancer lawsuit has found in favor of the plaintiff, and has ordered Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. to pay more than $2.3 million. The plaintiff, John Kristufek, had filed his Actos side effects lawsuit alleging he was not properly warned about the risks associated with Actos, specifically the reported link between... - Forced-Place Insurance Continues to Trigger Lawsuits
Mar-13-15 Sacramento, CA The parade of Lender insurance lawsuits continues unabated in spite of legislators in various states attempting to put checks and balances in place aimed at preventing allegedly unnecessary and unjust placement of expensive lender insurance products. One of the more recent class actions accuses US Bank NA of systematically abusing its ri... - Caregivers Protest New California Overtime Laws—or Lack Thereof
Mar-1-15 Sacramento, CA More than 400,000 California caregivers were scheduled to receive California overtime and an increase in pay starting in January, but a district court judge ruled against the federal wage law, arguing the changes must be made by legislature. This decision prompted a protest on February 26 by dozens of caregivers and supporters of ca... - Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuits Forcing Industry to Rethink Practices
Feb-26-15 New York, NY As some force-placed insurance lawsuits move closer to resolution, more companies are announcing that they are stopping force-placed insurance practices. Meanwhile, federal regulators have also considered implementing new rulings to curb unethical practices used by some companies in the industry. Force-placed insurance, sometimes called...