After the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Concepcion, there has been much debate over the rising tendency of companies to forbid their customers from bringing class actions against them. Another company has recently won another round. Charles Schwab Corp. modified their account agreements last year, prohibiting class-action lawsuits…
The terms of a proposed class action settlement call for Merrill Lynch to pay $40 million to settle claims brought by approximately 1,400 brokers regarding deferred compensation that Merrill Lynch allegedly refused to pay the brokers after its merger with Bank of America. Despite the large price tag, however, the…
Video News Report: Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against Johns Hopkins Hospital Due to Doctor Secretly Video Taping Examinations Our Chicago class action attorneys bring class action and individual consumer rights lawsuits. We bring suit for many types of consumer fraud issues and for unpaid overtime, junk fax, privacy rights violations,…
FOX 8 WVUE New Orleans News, Weather, Sports Super Lawyers named Chicago and Oak Brook business trial attorney Peter Lubin a Super Lawyer in the Categories of Class Action, Business Litigation, and Consumer Rights Litigation. Lubin Austermuehle’s Oak Brook and Chicago business trial lawyers have over a quarter of…
Since the United States Supreme Court’s ruling on AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, many consumers across the nation have found it difficult to enforce their right to litigation. The Supreme Court maintained that, since arbitration is a superior means of solving disputes, the arbitration clauses many companies are adding to…
About the Lemon Law —powered by eHow.com Our Chicago class action attorneys bring class action and individual consumer rights lawsuits. We bring suit for auto dealer fraud and other car dealer scams such as selling rebuilt wrecks as certified used cars or misrepresenting a car as being in good condition…
Under the First Amendment to the Constitution and lawyers’ ethics rules, the public and litigants have a right to know about about matters that are resolved in our court and litigation system. For instance a car dealer who repeatedly engages in consumer fraud, bait and switch and false advertising or…
Class actions have become increasingly more common in recent years as attorneys are choosing to represent businesses in complex litigation on a contingent fee basis, whereby they do not collect any fees until the plaintiff is successful in its claim. Contingency class action business litigation is common in massive civil…
When things go wrong in the operating room, it can sometimes be difficult to discern who the real perpetrator is. In the case of thousands of hip implants designed and sold by Johnson & Johnson, the issue is with the company producing and selling the implants, not the hospital…
While the internet boom led to a lot of money in a very short amount of time for many people and businesses, it is important to remember that developing business and making business deals are two very different things. The makers of Dragon Systems, a company that sold speech recognition…