Mastercard Battles Attempts to Expand Scope of $19B Class Action in UK March 29, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – Mastercard, a global payment processor, is battling attempts to add about 14 million deceased people to a 14...
Mastercard Faces $18.6B Class Action in UK December 14, 2020 By Jonathan Browning Mastercard Inc. faces the prospect of a 14 billion-pound ($18.6 billion) UK class action — the largest of its kind...
Students Seek Refund of Tuition, Fees from Georgia’s University System Amid Pandemic December 11, 2020 Students who took online classes at the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology due to the pandemic...
Australia Clamps Down on Litigation Funders Following Surge in Class Action Lawsuits May 22, 2020 The Australian government is tightening regulatory scrutiny of wealthy litigation funders, clamping down on the industry following a surge in...
NiSource Settles Massachusetts Gas Explosion Lawsuits for $143M July 30, 2019 By Nate Raymond Utility operator NiSource Inc on Monday said it will pay $143 million to resolve class action lawsuits brought by residents...
California Judges Target Class Actions That Benefit Lawyers Over Consumers March 26, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Federal judges in California are cracking down on warped incentives in class-action lawsuits, exerting tighter oversight of settlements that provide...
Australia’s CBA Threatened with Large Class Action over Money Laundering Charges August 23, 2017 By Paulina Duran and Jonathan Barrett A law firm threatened on Wednesday to file a class action suit against Commonwealth Bank of Australia for allegedly failing...
Uber to Pay $28M to Settle Claims over Its ‘Safe Rides Fee’ February 12, 2016 By Ellen Huet and Joel Rosenblatt Uber Technologies Inc. said it will pay $28.5 million to settle claims that a $1 “safe rides fee” charged to...
2,000 Corn Farmers, Handlers, Exporters Sue Syngenta November 4, 2015 By David Pitt About 2,000 farmers, grain handlers and corn exporters have filed lawsuits against Swiss biotechnology company Syngenta now that a federal...
Illinois’ Madison County a Center for Asbestos Lawsuits April 30, 2015 By Alan Scher Zagier Few of the tourists who drive old Route 66 through this rural Illinois town are aware of its true economic...