Unfair Services
Wells Fargo Merchant Services Charges Settlement
Wells Fargo Merchant Services, LLC will pay up to $40 million to settle a class action alleging it added excessive charges to merchants’ monthly invoices. Merchants are hoping to recover the amount of the excessive charges and other relief. Read more
Investigation of Covid-19 Business Cancelations with No Refunds
To stop or slow the spread of the coronavirus, many businesses and organizations have shut down or curtailed services. But what happens if you’ve already paid for those services and they’re no longer available? Some businesses are giving refunds, but others are offering credits that may turn out to be useless or simply shrugging. A Read more
Earnin Skirts Loan Regulations with Wording Class Action
Payday loan companies are known for their very high interest rates and their ability to trap consumers into loans that are very difficult to pay off. The complaint for this class action alleges that Activehours, Inc., which does business as Earnin is a payday lender, but uses different terms in its business that it hopes Read more
PNC Merchant Services Improper Annual Fee Class Action
When a small business accepts a card payment from a customer, it pays many different parties for the use of that payment method and the processing of the payment. The complaint for this class action alleges that PNC Merchant Services Company, LP adds an extra annual fee that it should not charge. Read more
Northern Leasing Systems Coercive Practices and Fraud Class Action
Small business owners generally used payment processing companies to handle their customers’ credit or debit card payments. The complaint for this class action alleges that one such company, Northern Leasing Systems, Inc., “swindles” small business owners by hiding their services’ true costs and locking them in to contracts that they cannot cancel. The complaint brings Read more
PHEAA Student Loan Income-Driven Repayment Programs Class Action
Plaintiff Arianne Gallagher finished law school in 2011. Since she took a public service job after that, she was eligible for certain programs to help her pay her student loans, but in the years since then, her loan total has grown to more than $160,000, her payments have ballooned from just over $800 to over Read more
West Creek Financial Deceptive and Unlawful Rent-to-Own Agreement NY Class Action
Plaintiff Rawle Daisley believed he was entering into an agreement to pay $1,500 for a laptop and stereo speakers, free of finance charges as long as he paid the amount within ninety days. However, the complaint for this class action says he found he was being charged $2,700, with money being subtracted from his bank Read more
Marriott Vacation Club Cruise Fees Settlement
This settles a class action alleging that Marriott did not live up to the promises of its Exchange Program. The complaint alleges that people who booked cruises through International Cruise & Excursion Gallery, Inc. (ICE), Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., or Marriott Resorts Travel Company, Inc. either were not provided with a cruise for Exchange Points Read more
Dish Network Failure to Provide FSN or FX Programming Settlement
Dish Network will pay out $2.7 million in settlement of a class action brought over its failure to provide Fox Sports Network (FSN) and FX programming over a period of time in October 2010. The class action alleged that the company had breached its contracts with subscribers and therefore owed them refunds. Read more
Town Sports Gyms Passport Membership Is Not “All Access” Class Action
It’s understandable that companies aren’t happy about class actions filed against them. Some fight the charges; others change their procedures. But the complaint for this one alleges that Town Sports International (TSI) berated and/or barred two customers who filed one. Both this and the original class action claim that TSI sold “Passport” memberships that purported Read more
