Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. said Thursday it received a subpoena this week from the Ohio attorney general in connection with its advertising and marketing practices… To continue reading, please click here.
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, November 14, 2013 – Judge Brian F. Holeman of the D.C. Superior Court issued an omnibus order this week denying summary judgment in lawsuits against a number of D.C. grocery stores, including Safeway and Giant, paving the way for a consumer to proceed to trial on claims that the stores sold […]
Payday loans can be financial quicksand for borrowers, and authorities have labored for years to put a lid on deceptive short-term loans with interest rates such as 400 percent… To continue reading, please click here.
A federal judge in California has allowed a class-action lawsuit over Umpqua Bank‘s overdraft fee practices to proceed to trial, though he threw out more than half the legal claims against the bank… To continue reading, please click here.
Higher One, the large but often controversial provider of debit cards on college campuses, has reached a preliminary agreement to pay $15 million to settle claims that its fees and marketing practices were predatory, the company announced Tuesday… To continue reading, please click here.
Higher One, the New Haven–based higher education financial services company, announced Tuesday morning that it had reached a preliminary agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit over its fee practices for $15 million. The announcement, made in a regulatory filing two days of ahead of when the company announces its quarterly earnings, would, if approved and […]
A jury should determine whether Umpqua Bank fraudulently maximizes its ability to charge customers overdraft fees, a federal judge has ruled… To continue reading, please click here.
On October 24, 2013, Tycko & Zavareei LLP, Kopelowitz Ostrow P.A., and the Humane Society of the United States filed a complaint against Perdue Farms, Inc., based on allegations that Perdue deceives customers that its Harvestland brand products are “Humanely Raised.” The lawsuit was brought in the Southern District of Florida, and follows a similar […]
