National Oilwell Varco’s Alleged Failure to Pay Proper Overtime
Collective Action Claims National Oilwell Rig Welders Were Not Paid Overtime for Work in Excess of Forty Hours Per Week – Unpaid Overtime Wages Sought On February 23, 2018, a collective action was filed by Plaintiff Juan Villarreal individually and... Read More →
International Paper Company Production Workers Overtime Lawsuit
Alleged Failure to Pay International Paper Production Workers the Proper Overtime Rate On February 23, 2018, a class and collective action was filed in United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Western Division, by Plaintiff Alexis Bryant individually and... Read More →
Franchisee’s Alleged Failure to Pay Panera Bread Assistant Managers OT
Operator of More Than 300 Panera Bread Franchises Subject of Two Overtime Pay Lawsuits on Behalf of Panera Bread Assistant Managers to Whom Covelli Enterprises Allegedly Failed to Pay Overtime for Work Beyond 40 Hours Per Week On January 9,... Read More →
Fortegra Financial, Omega Auto Care – TCPA Robocall Class Action
Fortegra Financial Corporation Allegedly Engaged Ensurety Ventures, LLC, doing business as Omega Auto Care, To Establish an Automated Calling Operation to Place Unsolicited Telemarketing Calls to the Cellular Phones of Thousands of Consumers Across the U.S. On February 20, 2018,... Read More →
Polaris Industries Telemarketing Robocall Class Action
First Amended Class Action Complaint Filed Against Polaris Industries, Inc. For Alleged Violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act On February 9, 2018, an amended class action complaint was filed against Polaris Industries in United States District Court, Middle District... Read More →
Allied Interstate’s Alleged Automated Debt Collection Calls
Class Action Complaint Filed Against Allied Interstate – TCPA Violations Alleged** On February 12, 2018, a class action complaint alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act was filed against Allied Interstate, Inc. in United States District Court, Middle District... Read More →
Money Returned to Consumers in Alleged Payday Loan Scheme
FTC Mailing 72,386 Checks Totaling $2.9 Million to People Who Lost Money in Alleged Payday Loan Scheme On February 15, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is mailing 72,836 checks totaling more than $2.9 million to people who... Read More →
Money Being Returned to Consumers Harmed by Debt Relief Scheme
Federal Trade Commission announced that it is mailing 5,745 checks totaling more than $480,000 to people who lost money to a debt relief scheme that misled its customers and charged illegal upfront fees. According to the FTC’s announcement, United Debt... Read More →
Dental Products Distributors Sued by FTC for Alleged Discount Conspiracy
Benco Dental Supply Company, Henry Schein, Inc. & Patterson Companies, Inc. Named in FTC Complaint Alleging Conspiracy Not to Provide Discounts to a Customer Segment On February 12, 2018, the FTC announced that it filed a complaint against the nation’s... Read More →
“Junk Fax” Class Action Filed Against Dry Cast Holdings d/b/a DryCast
Advertisements Sent by Fax in Alleged Violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act On January 11, 2018, a “junk fax” class action complaint was filed in United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, against Ohio-based Dry Cast Holdings LLC,... Read More →
Credit Suisse Securities Financial Advisers Class Action Lawsuit
Class Action Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of All United States-Based Credit Suisse Financial Advisers Who Had Unvested Credit Suisse Deferred Compensation Awards Pursuant to One or More Share Plans and Whose Employment with Credit Suisse Terminated Between October 20, 2015... Read More →
Decatur County General Hospital Hit with Cryptocurrency Malware Attack
Decatur County General Hospital Experiences Electronic Medical Record Security Incident – 24,000 Individuals May Have Been Impacted Parsons, Tennessee-based Decatur County General Hospital, according to HealthIT Security.com, “experienced an EMR [Electronic Medical Record] security incident when unauthorized software was installed... Read More →
Business Coaching Scheme Temporarily Stopped By Court Order
Operation Allegedly Took More Than $14 Million From Consumers Seeking to Start Their Own Online Business; Operation’s Defendants Falsely Claimed Consumers Could Earn Substantial Income On February 8, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission announced that at the FTC’s request, a... Read More →
FTC Charges Student Loan Debt Relief Operation
Student Loan Debt Relief Operation Allegedly Bilked More Than $28 Million From Thousands of Consumers in the United States by Falsely Promising to Reduce Consumer Debt On February 7, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has charged a... Read More →
The Collection LLC Luxury Vehicle Retailer Subject of TCPA Action
Luxury Vehicle Retailer Allegedly Engaged in Unsolicited Text Message Telemarketing On January 29, 2018, a class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was filed against The Collection LLC in United States District Court, Southern District... Read More →
Synchrony Bank Autodial Calls – TCPA Violations Alleged
Synchrony Bank Faces Class Action Over Alleged Telephone Consumer Protection Act Violations A class action was filed on February 2, 2018 for damages and injunctive relief in United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, for alleged violations of the... Read More →
Assured RX LLC Telemarketing Calls Class Action Filed
Alleged Prerecorded and Automated Telemarketing Calls Made to Cellular Telephones to Promote and Sell Assured RX’s Products Without Prior Express Consent On January 25, 2018, a class action lawsuit was filed against Assured RX LLC under the Telephone Consumer Protection... Read More →
Mortgage Lenders of America Faces Overtime Wages Lawsuit
Overtime Wages Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Mortgage Lenders of America Team Leads, Team Leaders, Loan Officers, Mortgage Loan Officers, and Entry Level Loan Officers A Fair Labor Standards Act collective and Rule 23 class action lawsuit was filed on... Read More →
Security Update Issued to “Plug Intel’s Buggy Spectre Firmware Patch”
Microsoft Issues Emergency Security Update That Disables Intel’s Spectre Variant 2 Patch CNBC reported (“Intel’s Spectre patch created its own problems, so Microsoft put out an update to fix it”) that “Microsoft issued an emergency security update on Monday [January... Read More →
Stop Robocalls: TCPA Class Action Filed Against American Express
Robocalls & Prerecorded Messages Allegedly Placed by American Express in Violation of TCPA On January 25, 2018, Plaintiff Jacob Wilson filed a class action complaint in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, against the American Express Company... Read More →
Life Time Fitness Personal Trainers Overtime Pay Collective Action
Alleged Failure of Life Time Fitness, Inc. to Pay Federally Mandated Minimum and Overtime Wages to Life Time Fitness Personal Trainers A collective action complaint for damages (Lenardson, et al v. Life Time Fitness, Inc. (MN), No. 18-00293) was filed on... Read More →
Roomstogo.com, Inc. Telephone Consumer Protection Act Class Action
Roomstogo.com, Inc. TCPA Class Action Resolved Via Joint Stipulation of Dismissal As previously reported, on August 10, 2017 a class action complaint (Wetterer v. Roomstogo.com, No. 17-01900) was filed in United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division,... Read More →
Spectre and Meltdown – Computer Security Vulnerabilities Explained
Spectre and Meltdown Computer Security Vulnerabilities Explained According to CSO’s January 15, 2018 article, “Spectre and Meltdown Explained: What they are, how they work, what’s at risk,” by Josh Fruhlinger: Spectre and Meltdown are the names given to a trio... Read More →
T.J. Maxx Loss Prevention Detective – Overtime Pay Lawsuit
Former T.J. Maxx Loss Prevention Detective Files Collective Action Complaint Unpaid Overtime Pay Sought by Former T.J. Maxx Loss Prevention Detective An overtime pay collective action lawsuit (Mills v. T.J. Maxx, Inc., No. 17-05236) was filed in United States District... Read More →
Deceptive Marketing Charges Settled – CellMark Biopharma & CEO
CellMark Biopharma, LLC & CEO Barred From Making Deceptive Claims About The Ability of CellAssure and Cognify to Mitigate Side Effects of Cancer Treatment On January 11, 2018, the FTC issued a press release concerning the settlement of FTC charges... Read More →
InfoCision, Inc. $250,000 Penalty for Deceptive Telemarketing Sales Calls
Charity-Related Telemarketer InfoCision Charged by FTC with Making Express Misrepresentations to Solicit Donations The FTC issued a press release regarding Akron, Ohio-based InfoCision, Inc., a company that has made millions of calls to consumers nationwide on behalf of charitable organizations.... Read More →
Vodafone Breaches Prepaid Mobile Service Verification Rules
ACMA: Vodafone Breaches Verification Rules Before Activating Prepaid Mobile Services Kehoe Law Firm is investigating claims on behalf Vodafone Group plc investors (NASDAQ:VOD) to determine whether Vodafone and certain of its officers or directors have engaged in securities fraud or... Read More →
Germed Junk Fax Class Action – Alleged Unsolicited Fax Advertisements
Germed Inc. & Germed Ltd. – Junk Fax Protection Act Class Action Filed On January 4, 2018, a junk fax class action was filed in United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, by Plaintiff Shaun Fauley against Defendants Germed... Read More →
Urban Outfitters Department Manager Alleges Overtime Pay Violations
Superior Court Action Filed By Urban Outfitters Department Manager Alleges Overtime Violations On December 7, 2017, an overtime pay lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, by Plaintiff Adam Friedlander against Pennsylvania-based Urban Outfitters, Inc.... Read More →
Intel Chip Processors – Securities Class Action Investigation
Intel Chip Processors – Design Flaw Could Cause Intel Processor Chips to Be Vulnerable to Hackers Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) Kehoe Law Firm’s securities investigation concerns whether Intel Corporation and certain Intel Corporation officers violated federal securities laws. On January 2,... Read More →
Urban Outfitters Overtime Lawsuit – Alleged Employee Misclassification
Urban Outfitters Overtime Lawsuit – Plaintiff Department Manager Allegedly Misclassified as Exempt Under Federal Overtime Laws On December 27, 2017, an overtime lawsuit was filed in United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division, by Plaintiff Joshua Allison... Read More →
Goodyear G159 Motor Home Tires – U.S. Regulators Open Investigation
Goodyear G159 Motor Home Tires – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Probe NHTSA Investigation to Determine Whether Some Older Goodyear Motor Home Tires Can Fail and Cause Accidents or Deaths On January 2, 2017, The New York Times reported a... Read More →
Consumer Fraud Alert: Consumer Scheme Allegedly Took Millions
FTC Alleges Deceptive Claims in Get-Rich-Quick Scheme Whose Operators Claimed Consumers Could Earn Big Money Using “Automatic Money Systems” & “Secret Codes” On December 28, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it charged the operators of a get-rich-quick scheme... Read More →
Apple iPhone Class Action – iOS Updates and iPhone Performance
Apple iPhone Class Action Filed in the Northern District of California iPhone Class Action Seeks Injunctive Relief & Damages Due to Apple’s Alleged Failure to Inform Consumers that iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, iPhone SE and iPhone 7 Updates to iOS... Read More →
Apple iPhone Slowdown – iPhone Owners File Class Action Lawsuits
Apple iPhone Slowdown – Apple Inc. Sued by iPhone Owners The Mercury News reported (“Two iPhone owners sue Apple over iPhone slowdown admission, seek class-action status”) that Two iPhone owners based in Los Angeles sued Apple . . . a... Read More →
Hotel Room Reservation Resellers Settle FTC Charges
Consumers Making Hotel Room Reservations Allegedly Led to Believe They Were Dealing Directly with Hotels Consumers Not Adequately Notified They Would Be Charged Immediately When Reservations Booked, Instead of After Arrival at Hotel The Federal Trade Commission announced that Utah-based... Read More →