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Class action accuses Statebridge of attempting to wrongly collect on allegedly delinquent second mortgages
Statebridge Company, LLC is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly attempting to illegally collect time-barred second mortgages. -
Judge junks class action accusing GM of misleading car buyers about E85
A man claims using E85 broke his Flex Fuel car, but a judge says the manual warned of potential problem -
Lawsuit: FMA Alliance violated debt collection law, shared debtor contact info with vendor to mail collection letters
An Illinois man is suing FMA Alliance, Ltd. alleging that the company violated federal debt collection law. -
Class action settlement vs Six Flags over card digits on receipts could get lawyers $1.7M, class members $13-$27
Class action lawsuits accused Six Flags of including too many card digits on customer receipts. A settlement would allow Six Flags to pay $450,000 to customers, but $1.7 million to the lawyers who filed the lawsuits, to end the court fight. -
Class action accuses debt collector Unifin of improperly sharing debtor info with letter vendor
A Winnebago County man has filed a class action suit against collection agency, Unifin, alleging the company engaged in unlawful practices while attempting to collect a debt. -
Brooklyn woman brings class action vs debt collector Harris & Harris, accuses firm of sharing personal info
A Brooklyn woman is pursuing a class action lawsuit against Harris and Harris, Ltd., alleging that the company engaged in unlawful collection practices. -
Appeals panel: SCOTUS has wrongly blocked people from suing debt collectors as Congress intended, asks court to revisit
Judges on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take another look at its prior decision in Spokeo, which they said specifically has improperly prevented people from suing debt collectors, as Congress had intended when it wrote the law -
Class action suit in Cook County accuses debt collector of frightening consumers into paying
A class action lawsuit against Midland Credit Management Inc. accuses the debt collector of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). -
Class action says debt collector Portfolio Recovery Associates used deceptive, unfair practices
A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Portfolio Recovery Associates in Cook County Circuit Court, related to allegations of unlawful collection practices by the company. -
Class action: Currency exchanges wrongly adding fees onto checks declined for stopped payments
A new class action says a Chicago area chain of currency exchanges allegedly illegally added $25 fees onto checks not honored because the account holder had stopped payment. -
Judge won't ground class action vs Nationwide over travel insurance claims denials for COVID cancelled trips
The judge said the insurer hasn't adequately explained why it refused to cover airfare costs for travel insurance policy holders who didn't receive full refunds from airlines after their trips were cancelled. -
Windy City Limo, Firenze Italian, Candlelite restaurant owners sue insurers for denying COVID claims
More lawsuits were filed against insurers for refusing to cover claims for income losses stemming from Gov. JB Pritzker's orders to shut down businesses to combat COVID-19. -
Appeals panel: SCOTUS precedent doesn't block out of state plaintiffs in nationwide class actions
Class actions are different 'mass actions' limited by U.S. Supreme Court's Bristol Myers Squibb ruling, the appeals panel ruled. -
Class action: Cook Courts Clerk charging illegal fees to people seeking child support enforcement
A new class action lawsuit has accused the Cook County Circuit Clerk’s office of charging illegal fees to people filing petitions in Cook County court to enforce child support orders. -
Illinois Institute of Art students file class action over school's lost accreditation
Current and former students of the Illinois Institute of Art allege the school did not notify them that it lost their accreditation. -
Judge: Gym didn't 'fail to warn' of charges to credit card, if charges were unintentional from start
A federal judge has cut up much of a man's lawsuit against a fitness club, saying he can't sue the club over unintentional erroneous charges the club later refunded. -
Consumer files suit against Southwaste Disposal, Waste Resource Management over sales call
Two companies based in Houston are alleged to have unlawfully called an Illinois man to solicit their services. -
Class action lawsuit claims Fedloan Servicing failed to credit student loan payments promptly
A former law student has filed a class action lawsuit against FedLoan Servicing, citing alleged interference with contract and fraud. -
Judge: Failure to break out fees, other 'miscellaneous charges' made initial collection letter 'misleading'
Saying the debt collector's letter was "materially misleading," a Chicago federal judge has given the green light to a lawsuit brought by a woman who accused a collection firm of failing to itemize fees and other charges tacked on to an alleged debt owed to a car rental company. -
Class action vs Six Flags over number of debit card digits on receipts kicked back to Lake County court
A Chicago federal judge has kicked back to Lake County Circuit Court a class action lawsuit brought by a couple who claimed theme park operator Six Flags printed too many of their credit card's digits on their receipts from a day at Six Flags Great America.