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Business v. Class Action
An article in the New York Times caught my attention today. It's about the fallout from the 2011 Supreme Court decision in AT&T v. Concepcion, which stated that corporations can...
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Maternity Leave No Reason to Discriminate for Mortgage Insurer
The mortgage insurer MGIC Investment Group has settled a federal lawsuit alleging that they refused to sell mortgage insurance to women on maternity leave. The suit claimed that the company...
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Mojave Cross Will Rise Again
There was something about the Mojave Desert for the Lost Generation. Maybe it was the cool sand-crested wind, the emptiness, an unspoken communion with a greater peace. Those disillusioned soldiers...
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What Happens to Unused Class Action Settlement Money?
We often hear about bigtime class action settlements, the ones with millions of dollars set up in trusts and application processes to benefit from. Like the $325 million Apple antenna lawsuit, or...
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Citizens Pays $132.5 Million for Overdraft Practices
Citizens Financial Group, a bank based in Rhode Island, was accused of unfair business practices in its calculation of overdraft fees for its poorer customers. Instead of processing transactions in the...