Mortgage Provider Subject of Lawsuit

Nearly 40 Alabama residents have filed suit against a Florida-based mortgage service provider, claiming the company improperly charged home owners in a variety of ways.

Coldwell Banker named in Class Action Lawsuit

In a class action lawsuit filed in district court, Robert and Renae Bafus claim Coldwell Banker Aspen Realty violated federal and state anti-trust laws during the purchase of their home.

Class Action Crackdown

Over the years, class action lawsuits have netted consumers $13 rebates on computer monitors, coupons for free movie rentals, $30 discounts on cruise vacations, and free boxes of cereal. But the lawyers who spearheaded those cases were the real winners, typically walking away with millions of dollars in fees.

Tuberville Contract includes big bonus

Tommy Tuberville was a struggling Arkansas restaurateur 20 years ago, frying fish and mixing “pond water” at Tubby’s Catfish Inn.

Freddie Mac Nixes Provision

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Freddie Mac said on Thursday it would no longer invest in mortgages that contain a provision that forces unwitting consumers to give up their right to sue their lender.

Federal judge upholds state casket law

For the past several years, some consumer groups have complained concerning the costs of caskets for burial purposes. For example, in Oklahoma all caskets have to be purchased from a licensed funeral director. A federal judge ruled recently that an Oklahoma state law that prohibits anyone but licens…

Government contractor uses another company's technology

PEAT, Inc. v Vanguard Research Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct., N.D.

 

Stockholder Lawsuits

The sorry record left by Corporate America from last year's scandals hasn't seemed to bother the Bush White House a great deal. As a result, we have seen the most shareholder fraud lawsuits ever filed in one year. According to a report by Stanford Law School, 260 shareholder fraud lawsuits were file…

Arbitration reaches a new level

Last month, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to ban mandatory, binding arbitration clauses from automobile dealer franchise agreements. This legislation was a top priority of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) for the last four years. Repeatedly, the car manufacturers, using all of th…

A Raw Deal for Workers and Consumers

In August 2001, the managing director of the National Arbitration Forum gave a detailed interview for Metropolitan Corporate Counsel magazine. He explained how corporations could use mandatory binding arbitration, including basic clauses that eliminated punitive damages and class action lawsuits, to…