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Universal Screen Arts Automatic Renewal California Class Action
Universal Screen Arts, Inc. owns multiple companies with online e-commerce websites, including Acorn, Bas Bleu, Daedalus Books, Signals, Support Plus, and What on Earth. However, the complaint for this class action alleges that the websites entraps customers into a difficult-to-cancel automatic renewal membership that comes with a monthly charge of $14.95. Read moreNews, Consumer
I Heart Canna Telemarketing Texts TCPA Class Action
Mothership Enterprises, Inc., which does business as I Heart Canna, is a cannabis dispensary located in California. Unfortunately, the complaint for this class action alleges that it “engages in aggressive unsolicited marketing” via telephone, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Read morePrivacy, News
Vida Longevity Fund Omissions in Offering Materials Class Action
This class action brings suit under the Texas Securities Act (TSA) against a number of parties related to the Vida Longevity Fund, LP, established in 2010. The Fund promised a high rate of return, but the complaint alleges that it was hiding “serious weaknesses in the Funds’s internal processes and procedures…” It claims that these Read moreNews
Bank of America EDD Funds Fraud and Lack of Response Class Action
In the “economic devastation” of the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of people are relying on unemployment and similar government benefits to provide money for basic living expenses. California’s Economic Development Department (EDD) has chosen to have its unemployment benefits distributed in the form of a prepaid debit card, issued by Bank of America, NA. The complaint Read moreNews
Conspiracy Alleged to Stop Retail Buys of Certain Securities Class Action
The complaint for this class action describes what it calls “a conspiracy to deprive individual investors … of their ability to invest in the open market in the midst of an unprecedent[ed] stock rise so that Defendants could shield themselves from incurring substantial losses as a result of their own high-risk short selling strategies.” The Read moreNews
Robinhood and Market Manipulation for GameStop and Others Class Action
The complaint for this action claims that three Robinhood companies manipulated the markets for certain stocks to mitigate its own risks. The complaint alleges that Robinhood Financial, LLC, Robinhood 2 Securities, LLC, and Robinhood Markets, Inc. took unfair actions for stocks of certain companies, like GameStop, to prevent buys, sell shares, and lower prices. Read moreNews
GameStop Short Sellers Conspiracy to Stop Retail Buyers Antitrust Class Action
What was all that about GameStop trades? This antitrust class action centers on that story, bringing suit on behalf of small retail investors against a long list of defendants—brokerages, funds, and clearinghouses—with familiar names, such as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, E*Trade, Robinhood, TD Ameritrade, and Charles Schwab. The complaint alleges that individual investors “were stripped Read moreNews, Antitrust
Chevrolet, GMC Vortec Engine Vehicles Excessive Oil Use Class Action
The complaint for this class action makes the startling statement that the General Motors vehicles in this case “were engineered to fail.” This is because, the complaint alleges, the Generation IV Vortec 5300 engines installed in certain 2010 to 2014 vehicles consumes abnormally large amounts of oil. “This excessive oil consumption,” it says, “results in Read moreNews, Automobile
Mercedes-Benz Retirement Plan Breach of Fiduciary Duties ERISA Class Action
The Employee Retirement Security Income Act (ERISA) was intended to protect people who have private retirement plans with their companies. Those who are in charge of those plans have fiduciary duties towards the participants and beneficiaries, including a duty to make sure the fees and expenses of those plans are reasonable. This class action brings Read moreNews
Bank of America Unemployment Benefit Accounts Drained California Class Action
Bank of America, NA (BANA) has been administering benefits, such as unemployment insurance payments, for California’s Employment Development Department (EDD). An increasing number of people have been relying on these benefits recently due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The benefits are received as an EDD prepaid debit card, issued by BANA. Unfortunately, the complaint for this Read morePrivacy, News