There were several key court decisions relating to class action lawsuits this year that may affect adjusters in their jobs. According to Howard S. Suskin, co-chair of Jenner & Block’s class action practice and moderator of a session at the …
Property owners whose land and homes lie in the path of the long-planned Southern Wake Expressway have filed a class-action lawsuit against the state, alleging their property rights are being violated. The N.C. Turnpike Authority is expected to begin construction …
A judge has certified class action status for a lawsuit filed on behalf of 300 current and former residents of two Des Moines apartment complexes over a bed bug problem. The Des Moines Register reports that Thursday’s ruling is expected …
Former customers of Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme filed a class action lawsuit on Monday seeking to recover $19 billion from JPMorgan Chase & Co , claiming the bank willfully ignored signs of fraud. JPMorgan was Madoff’s bank for two …
A Louisiana woman is suing Facebook over allegations that the social networking site collects and stores users’ Internet browsing history without their permission. Former Louisiana Attorney General Richard Ieyoub filed the federal class-action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Janet Seamon, …
A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit by homeowners who accused eight major homebuilders of causing them to overpay for their homes by marketing nearby houses to high-risk borrowers who later went into foreclosure. Against what it called “the backdrop …
A proposed settlement has been reached in a federal class-action lawsuit against LegalZoom Inc., the online vendor of legal forms and documents. The lawsuit had been scheduled go to trial Monday in U.S. District Court in Jefferson City. But California-based …
South Dakota’s largest city has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed after heavy rains caused its storm and sanitary sewer systems to fail in 2004, flooding dozens of Sioux Falls homes. If a judge approves, a group of about …
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Monday in the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit in history, saying class-action status for female employees seeking billions of dollars had been improperly granted. The justices overturned a U.S. appeals court ruling …
Taco Bell declared victory Tuesday after an Alabama-based law firm dropped its class-action lawsuit that raised a beef with the meat filling served in the fast-food chain’s tacos and burritos. The two sides differed, though, on the result of the …