BP Oil Encourages Alabama Residents Not to Hire Attorneys
Saturday, May 1, BP held a “public information meeting” as the Gulf’s largest oil spill headed into the northern Gulf Coast. BP…
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Nationwide Insurance Fraud Settlement
Nationwide Insurance has agreed to a $6 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that accused the company of fraud and…
Read More →Securities Lawsuit Against ING Financial
A lawsuit has been filed against a Washington state securities broker that claims she lost a couples’ life savings in…
Read More →FDA Issues Warning Letters to Companies
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began cracking down on companies that claim exaggerated nutritional facts about their products and hide information about unhealthy…
Read More →Judge Says its Ok to Post Social Security Numbers on Web Sites. What?
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled its okay to post government employees’ Social Security numbers online. What? Yes. That’s right,…
Read More →CLASS ACTION FILED AGAINST BANK FOR OVERDRAFT FEES
A class-action lawsuit filed this week against UMB Bank in Missouri claims that the bank unfairly manipulated account transactions in…
Read More →Aetna Data Breach Class Action Dismissed
In Allison v. Aetna, U.S. District Judge Legrome D. Davis followed a disturbing trend from the bench that have held a claim of…
Read More →TJX Data Thief Sentenced to 20 Years
Albert Gonzalez, convicted TJX data thief, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Gonzalez led an ID theft gang in what…
Read More →ID Theft Ring Busted
Northwestern Memorial Hospital failed to ensure file cabinets containing patients’ personal information was secure. As a result, ID thieves were able to…
Read More →Student Loan Guarantor, ECMC, Reports Data Loss
Student Loan guarantor, ECMC, is notifying 3.3 million borrowers about a data theft that occurred at its headquarters. The theft…
Read More →Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Airlines Fixed Prices
Consumers have filed a class action lawsuit against Air Tran Airways and Delta Air Lines. The class action lawsuit alleges the…
Read More →HOMEOWNERS FILE CLASS ACTION AGAINST BANK OF AMERICA
Washington homeowners filed a class-action lawsuit last week against Bank of America, claiming the bank has failed to use the…
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