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Sort by date 1,824 pages found matching bank of america- “Terms of Endurement”: Debt Collector Harassment
Nov-11-14 Dallas, TX While debt holders and bill collectors will always maintain that they play by the rules, the reality is otherwise for a large cross section of consumers who continue to be harassed with threats and other related tactics, and even loan terms that constitute a form of harassment. Little wonder that so many Americans feel they have little choice bu... - SEC Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Under the SEC Whistleblower program, a successful whistleblower lawsuit can award a whistleblower of 10-30 percent of the amount the SEC recovers in sanctions, depending upon the quality of information provided to defraud government. Since the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) implemented the Whistleblower Program, it has seen a considerable increase... - Respected Non-Profit Reports Problems with Internet Payday Loans: Survey
Oct-18-14 Washington, DC You have to know that something is a definitive issue when the venerable Cable News Network aka CNN gets into the act. This time it’s CNNMoney, reporting on Internet payday loans and the efforts of the Pew Charitable Trusts to establish a snapshot of just how bad things can get. Given the availability and ease of acquiring a payday loa... - Google Accused of Violating California Equal Pay Act
Sep-22-17 San Francisco, CA: Related to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigation into Google for sex bias in pay practices in 2015, three women filed a California labor lawsuit against the search giant last week. The proposed class action claims its practices violate the California Equal Pay Act and other labor codes by starting women at lower salaries... - Former Oracle Sales Rep Pursues Class Arbitration
Sep-12-17 San Francisco, CA: A complex California labor law case is percolating in the Golden state between a former commissioned sales representative of Oracle America Inc. (Oracle) and a defendant the plaintiff claims is stonewalling. Plaintiff Marcella Johnson originally filed a putative California labor lawsuit seeking class action status. She accused Ora... - AIG Escapes Defense Bill in Force-Placed Insurance Litigation
Sep-20-14 New York, NY It may be a legal drop in the bucket, but a New York judge has ruled in QBE Americas Inc. et al. v. Ace American Insurance Co. et al., that American International Group Inc. (AIG) escapes from having to pay defense costs for individual and proposed Force-Placed insurance class action lawsuits against QBE Holdings Inc. as the AIG policy l... - Employer Must Defend Against A Wrongful Death Lawsuit For Not Monitoring Employee Computer Use
Aug-29-14 An Illinois Appellate Court recently held that an employer must defend against a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that it was negligent in failing to investigate death threats that its employee had emailed to his family from his work computer, and not subsequently protecting the family from the husband’s threatened harm, which resulted in their death... - Guardian Denied Disability Lawsuit Goes to Mediation in Florida
Aug-8-17 Gainesville, FL: Smith v. Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a Guardian denied disability lawsuit, has been sent to mediation in the Northern District of Florida. A settlement is expected in November, 2017. Dr. William E. Smith Jr., a surgeon, filed a complaint in March, 2017 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida... - Denied Disability Plaintiffs Overdue for Unum’s Cutting Board?
Jul-20-17 San Francisco, CA: One of the largest health insurers is back in the news, allegedly up to its old tricks of bad faith insurance tactics. Three Unum policy holders claim that their disability benefits were wrongfully terminated, according to their lawsuits. All the complaints were filed in California in June. June 27: : Denise Alsandor-Wiley file... - Two Unum Lawsuits Filed Within Days of One Another Claim Unfair Denial
Jul-9-17 Los Angeles, CA: Two lawsuits against Unum Group within days of each other both allege unfair denial of disability benefits. The Unum disability insurance lawsuits are yet another reflection of tactics allegedly employed by Unum, and the insurance industry overall, aimed at denying benefits to consumers that are contractually their due. According to... - Woman Burned When Pressure Cooker Explodes
Jun-27-17 Miami, FL: A Miami woman allegedly suffered burns to part of her body when a pressure cooker exploded while she was cooking, according to WPLG-10 news. The Broward County news station reported that the woman, who lives in Miami suburb Miami Gardens, was cooking beans and rice in a pressure cooker on May 2, 2017 when the machine exploded. Neighbors... - Internet Payday Lender May Owe As Much As $20 Million to Consumers
Jun-15-14 New York, NY An Internet payday lender that fell under the weight of state lawsuits, in spite of claims of immunity under Indian tribe status, may, in tandem with its service partner, owe New Yorkers caught up in the online payday loan snare upwards of $20 million in excessive interest. “Thousands of New Yorkers who were the victims of exorbi... - Hair Straightener Lawsuits Growing
Apr-6-23 Santa Clara, CA Soon after a study published by the National Institute of Health (NIH) in October 2022 found that Black women who frequently used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who did not report using hair relaxers, dozens of lawsuits were filed (mainly by Black women) against L... - Hawaii Sues Three Automakers Over Defective Takata Airbags
Jun-13-17 Honolulu, HI: The State of Hawaii is suing Ford, Nissan and Toyota for marketing and selling vehicles with Takata airbags that could potentially explode and cause injuries or death. On May 24, 2017, The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection (CCA) on behalf of the State of Hawaii filed a lawsuit , State of Haw... - Midfirst Bank Settles Forced-Placed Class Action for $2.7 Million
May-23-14 New York, NY Yet another Force-placed insurance lawsuit accusing a major bank of forcing unnecessary flood insurance onto the backs of homeowners at inflated rates and profiting from the forced placement has settled for $2.7 million. The lender insurance class-action lawsuit, which involved Midfirst Bank in a consolidated action that also had Citigr... - Showdown between Honeywell Inc. and Retirees Brewing in Michigan
May-23-17 Detroit, MI: A showdown is brewing between retirees of Honeywell International Inc. and the company for whom they once worked, over health care benefits Honeywell is threatening to take way. The former unionized workers counter that ongoing healthcare benefits were part of their promised retirement packages and they are litigating their Michigan employme... - $553M in Settlements Reached with Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and BMW in Takata Airbag MDL
May-18-17 Santa Clara, CA $553.6 million in settlements has been agreed in multi-district litigation (MDL) involving Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and BMW, which will see the automakers pay the sum to end claims brought by plaintiffs over alleged defective Takata airbags. To date, the airbags, which can explode, have been linked with 11 deaths in the US. According t... - LawyersandSettlements.com Interviews Elder Financial Abuse Attorney Regarding Elderly Financial Fraud
Dec-9-13 With an aging population, the potential exists for elderly Americans to either put their financial trust in unscrupulous advisors thereby leading to financial elder abuse, or to relinquish management of their assets to family members who then take advantage of the elderly individual’s trust. As an elder financial abuse attorney, Phil Brown has seen it... - Tales from the Dark Side of Debt Collection
Nov-30-13 San Jose, CA More Americans than ever have debts they can’t pay because they lost a job or got sick, or their finances got out of hand for some reason. But as attorney Ben Dupre explains, it doesn’t mean that they need to be further victimized by the illegal tactics of unscrupulous debt collectors that try to harass people into paying up ra... - Outrage Over Financial Exploitation of Elderly Drives California Lawyer
Nov-23-13 Beverly Hills, CA After 45 years practicing law, Phil Brown could go golfing and forget about coming to the office every day. Instead, he says he can’t wait to get to work every morning. His focus for almost a decade now has been financial elder abuse . He often sees situations so egregious, so despicable, that he’s on a mission to see th...