Tycko & Zavareei pursues economic justice on behalf of consumers, employees, and whistleblowers in a variety of sectors. Please see below for our list of current investigations for which you may be eligible to participate.
If you have experienced a cracking defect on the wood trim in your Mercedes GL, GLE, GLS, GLC, or ML SUV, please contact us.
TZ is investigating a defect that Volvo hybrid drivers have been reporting. When the car is in electric mode, the heater reportedly does not produce hot air. If you drive a Volvo hybrid XC60, XC90, S60, S90, or V60 from model years 2016-2023 and you have experienced this issue, contact us.
Tycko & Zavareei LLP is investigating claims by tenants in the District of Columbia against several property management companies and Conservice, a third-party utility billing agent, for possible unfair, illegal, and deceptive billing practices.
If you were overcharged, misled, or harmed in any way by the utility billing practices, contact us.
Did you apply for the “excellent credit” Quicksilver Rewards or SavorOne Rewards credit card and pay APR in the first 15 months or spend $500 in the first 3 months and not receive a $200 cash bonus? If so, contact us.
In the US, there is growing awareness that companies are charging fees on many types of purchases and services, from hotel rooms to rental cars to concert tickets, and more. These fees may violate federal and/or state law, depending on the amount, their purpose, and how they are disclosed (or not disclosed) to the consumer during the shopping and payment process. Contact us if you have encountered these fees.
Do you use LastPass to manage your passwords? If so, your confidential information may have been exposed by LastPass in a data breach that occurred in August 2022. Contact us to request a free and confidential claim review.
Tycko & Zavareei is investigating practices by loan servicers Specialized Loan Servicing (“SLS”), PHH, and Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc (“DMI”). for their practice of charging extra fees for the “convenience” of paying their loans or bills over the internet or via telephone. If you have paid a fee to one of the above companies — for making a payment on your loans or bills over the phone or internet — and would like to speak to a lawyer, contact us.
TZ has filed several lawsuits on behalf of students at undergraduate and graduate institutions for falsified rankings, failing to provide COVID-19 tuition refunds, degrees that do not satisfy professional requirements, and against financial institutions for fees charged on making student loan payments by phone or online.
If you have been affected by the above practices, or believe you have been the victim of other unfair practices by your school or student lender, contact us here.
Did you purchase EverlyWell food sensitivity tests? Did you expect these tests to provide useful medical information?
EverlyWell food sensitivity tests are advertised to be able to diagnose food sensitivities through IgG testing. But the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology have all recommended against using IgG tests—including EverlyWell—to identify food sensitivities.
Medication treatment for opioid addiction can save lives and put recovery and rehabilitation within reach. But many prisons and jails outsource medical treatment to for-profit corporations that may refuse to provide this standard treatment. Instead, incarcerated people are forced into painful and life-threatening detox, putting them at risk of relapse, overdose, and even death, just so a company can save a few bucks.
If you, your loved one, or your patient has an opioid addiction but was denied medical treatment for it while in prison or jail, we want to hear from you.
Tycko & Zavareei is investigating practices by loan servicers, debt collectors, landlords, utility companies, and other service providers for their practice of charging extra fees for the “convenience” of paying their loans or bills over the internet or via telephone. Because the cost of accepting payments this way is so small, these potentially illegal fees are merely a convenient way to increase profits at the consumer’s expense.
Amazon is getting flooded with counterfeit versions of products, angering its customers who say Amazon is doing very little to fight the fraudsters.
Have you purchased a counterfeit product on Amazon?
Did a Company Recruit You to Work in the United States? Do You Feel Trapped at Your Job in the U.S.?
Did a company help you get a visa and travel to the United States for a job, in a field such as nursing, health care, technology, engineering, construction, or biology? When you got to the United States, was the job different from what you expected?
Staffing agencies sometimes make false promises when they recruit people abroad to lure them to come to the United States.
If this sounds like your experience, you may have legal rights even if you no longer work for the company that recruited you. Translation services can be made available.
PHH Mortgage Corporation has been charging borrowers potentially illegal fees to their customers to pay their mortgage. PHH refers to these fees as “speedpay” fees. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has recently issued an advisory opinion stating that such fees violate federal law unless expressly authorized by the mortgage agreement, or are affirmatively permitted by state law. We are currently investigating PHH for this deceptive business practice. Over time these small fees paid by customers can potentially add up to millions of dollars of profit for PHH. Don’t let these companies put profits over people.
If you would like to speak with an attorney about whether you many have a claim for compensation, or are interested in learning more about our investigation, contact us.
Tycko & Zavareei is investigating potential violations by EasyPay Finance, which provides financing to consumers purchasing vehicle repairs, furniture, pets, and more. EasyPay Finance may have violated state or federal law by providing this financing with interest rates above legal limits. If you purchased an item financed by EasyPay Finance while you were a member of the military on active duty in the active or reserve components, or a spouse of a member, contact us for a free consultation.
We are also investigating potential Military Lending Act (MLA) violations by banks and/or other financial institutions who are making loans to active duty military members (or members of their families) in the active or reserve components. Learn more.
Were you locked out of your home when you fell behind on your mortgage, or were any of your locks changed by your mortgage company?
Was your home located in Oregon, California, Minnesota, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, or Utah?
If you were locked out of your home after falling behind on your mortgage, but before foreclosure sale or judgment, and your home was located in the states mentioned above, attorneys from our office would like to speak with you regarding our pre-foreclosure lock-out fee investigation.
Did you plan for your retirement with a self-directed IRA through IRA Financial Trust? Were some of those IRA retirement funds invested in cryptocurrency through the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange? In February 2022, hackers were able to exploit security vulnerabilities in the IRA/Gemini systems, stealing $37 million in retirement savings from many of these IRA Financial Trust accountholders.
If you believe you were among those affected, have not received compensation for your losses, and would like to discuss with an attorney your legal rights, please contact us.
Many banks offer overdraft protection services for a fee. This service automatically transfers funds from another account held by the customer at the same institution, such as a savings account or money market account, to cover what would have otherwise been an overdraft transaction, thereby preventing the imposition of an overdraft fee. It has come to our attention, however, that some banks charge a fee for overdraft protection transfers even where the transfer amount is insufficient to prevent the actual overdraft. In those cases, the transfer fails to prevent the occurrence of an overdraft and the imposition of an accompanying overdraft fee.
Have you been charged an overdraft or insufficient funds fees while being enrolled in your bank’s overdraft protection program? If so, we want to hear from you.
Did you enroll in an online graduate program with Grand Canyon University in order to become a licensed professional such as a teacher, health care worker or counselor, only to learn that its program did not qualify you for licensure in your state? Did a recruiter or advertisement lead you to believe that you could practice in your profession, but it turns out you can’t? Tycko & Zavareei LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against Grand Canyon University on behalf of these students and would like to hear from you.
Did you sign up to be a Beachbody coach hoping to make money, only to invest hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars on Beachbody products you couldn’t sell? You are not alone.
These multilevel marketing strategies mislead potential Beachbody coaches into thinking that they would be able to sell products and services that they buy knowing that the likelihood that they can sell the services is very low. Our investigation has found that Beachbody’s coaches may be exploited by the company’s multilevel marketing program in violation of state law.
If you are interested in learning more about our investigation, and seeing if you qualify for compensation, please contact us.
Companies are charging potentially illegal fees to their customers for making payments on their student loans. These fees can add up to millions of dollars in profits. Even though these fees may be illegal, they don’t get caught until years later because no one speaks up. We are currently investigating Heartland ECSI and other student loan companies for this deceptive practice. Don’t let these companies put profits over people.
Did you sign up to be a Beautycounter consultant hoping to make money, only to invest hundreds or even thousands of dollars on Beautycounter products you couldn’t sell? You are not alone.
These multilevel marketing strategies mislead potential Beautycounter Consultants into thinking that they would be able to sell products and services that they buy, knowing that the likelihood that they can sell the services is very low. Our investigation has found that Beautycounter’s consultants may be exploited by the company’s multilevel marketing program in violation of state law.
If you are interested in learning more about our investigation, and seeing if you qualify for compensation, please contact us.
We look forward to hearing from you.