The Jacksonville Business Journal Reports: “Overtime lawsuits thrive in Florida’s recession” The article states: Like unemployment, home foreclosures and bankruptcies, the number of lawsuits brought by employees alleging unpaid wages is also on the rise. Nine Fair Labor Standards Act cases were filed during the first two weeks of…
USA Today Reports: Permanent mortgage modifications, which lower mortgage payments have been given to only about a third of the 1.3 million borrowers. The class-action lawsuits allege that the trial payment plans are contracts that obligateBank of America and other servicers to abide by them and to give…
Our Illinois class action attorneys recently noted a Seventh Circuit decision ending a class-action case in the difficult realm of securities fraud. In Re Guidant Corporation, No. 08-2429 (7th Cir. Oct. 21, 2009), is a securities class action stemming from allegedly misleading statements Guidant Corp. made about its implanted…
NPR reports: Can’t put your BlackBerry down? Your boss may come to dread that if you’re working while you’re off the clock. A police sergeant in Chicago is suing the city. He says he’s due plenty of overtime back pay because he logged in on his BlackBerry to continue working…
For-Profit Colleges Mislead Students, Report Finds By TAMAR LEWIN Published: August 3, 2010 Recruiters for 15 for-profit colleges encouraged lying on financial aid forms and misled potential students. If you are keeping up with the scandal involving for profit colleges and how they are duping students into taking worthless…
Publich Justice reports on its website: The consumer and civil rights communities are closely watching AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, a case that will be argued in the Supreme Court this November. Depending on how broadly the Court reads the question presented in Concepcion, the case could decide the fate of…
The Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals made a ruling this year that will be important to the work of our Chicago consumer class action attorneys. In Cunningham Charter Corp. v. Learjet Inc., 592 F.3d 805 (7th Cir. 2010), the court decided that federal courts retain jurisdiction under the…
Lubin Austermuehle represents businesses caught on either side of a dispute about online or offline defamation of a business or its products or services. Our Chicago business attorneys have assisted our clients in removing damaging and false reviews from internet review sites run by their competitors. Self-publishing on the…
Our Chicago Class Action Lawyers Have Represented Auto-Buyers and buyers of other defective products in State-Wide and National Class Actions in courts in different parts of the United States. You can call one of our Nationwide class action lawyers for a free consultation at 630-333-0333 or contact us online.
Federal judges to decide where to consolidate lawsuits accusing Google of Wi-Fi snooping REBECCA BOONE Associated Press Writer The Chicago Tribune has reported that a number of class actions against Google have all been consolidated in Calfornia. The lawsuits involve claims that Google is missappropriating personal data when it…