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Southwest Airlines Is Sued for Not Providing Refunds After Meltdown

Southwest Airlines has been sued by a passenger who said it failed to provide refunds to passengers left stranded when an operational meltdown led the carrier to cancel more than 15,000 flights late last month. In a proposed class action …

Banks Seek to Quash Women’s Lawsuits in Jeffrey Epstein Case

Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase are asking a federal court to throw out lawsuits that claim the big banks should have seen evidence of sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein, the high-flying financier who killed himself in jail while facing criminal …

Google Play Fee Suit by Consumers Grows to 21 Million Users

Google now faces more than 21 million customers, instead of just a handful, in a lawsuit alleging its app store collects exorbitant fees. A federal judge exponentially increased the Alphabet Inc. unit’s damages exposure by granting class-action status Monday in …

3 Australian Banks Settle Class Action Lawsuits Over Sale of Credit Insurance Products

Three of Australia’s “big four” banks settled separate class action lawsuits for A$126 million ($84.51 million) with Slater & Gordon, who took the banks to court two years ago over sale of credit insurance products, the companies said on Monday. …

Geico Faces California Class Action Claiming it Overcharged for Car Insurance

A federal judge on Monday said a lawsuit accusing Geico Corp. of overcharging more than 2 million California policyholders on car insurance early in the COVID-19 pandemic may proceed as a class action. U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman in …

Bankrupt Mexican Airline Interjet Ordered to Pay $7M in Class Action Lawsuit

Mexican airline Interjet, which was declared bankrupt by a judge in August, has been ordered to pay out 144 million pesos ($7.23 million) to thousands of clients in a class action lawsuit, the country’s consumer protection office said Friday. The …

Investors Demand $2.5B in Possible German Class Action Over Bayer’s Monsanto Deal

Investors are demanding around 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion) from Bayer as part of a possible class action lawsuit in Germany over the takeover of U.S. seed manufacturer Monsanto, law firm Tilp said on Monday. The law firm said that …

Bayer Faces Billion-Dollar Class Action Suit in Germany Over Monsanto Takeover

BERLIN – Bayer faces a billion-dollar investor class action lawsuit in Germany over the takeover of U.S. seed manufacturer Monsanto, specialist law firm Tilp Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft said on Wednesday. Tilp said it was representing more than 250 institutional investors and a …

Google Data Privacy Suit Dismissed After Top UK Court Rules Against Class Action

Google won its bid to dismiss a data privacy lawsuit filed on behalf of millions of iPhone users, after the UK’s top court said the tech giant couldn’t be served with a class action suit. The case, which sought billions …

Climate Class Action Suit to Proceed Against Australia Government

A class action lawsuit that claims Australia is misleading investors by failing to disclose the impact of climate risk in its bonds will proceed after government lawyers failed to get the case dismissed. The lawsuit may continue as a class …