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Redfin Sued for "Digital Redlining" Over its Minimum Sales Price

The online discount real estate broker Redfin has been sued in federal court by a number of housing nonprofit organizations claiming that its business practices amount to illegal discrimination. Specifically...

Student Sues UT-Austin, Citing Inferiority of Online Education

A student at the University of Texas at Austin has joined a growing list of others filing class-action lawsuits against colleges and universities around the country in the wake of the pandemic. On February 2...

Red Lobster Sued by California Consumers Over Allegedly False Sustainability Claims

Sustainability is a major focus for companies as they seek to build ties with customers that value sound environmental stewardship. Companies are advertising that their products are respon...

States Face Numerous Lawsuits Filed Over Lockdowns

Numerous state and local governments are facing lawsuits over their stay-at-home orders from citizens and businesses that want the lockdowns to end. So far, litigants have had little success overturning these orders in co...

Catastrophic Wildfires Spark Class-Action Lawsuits Against Pacific Corporation

Labor Day catastrophic fires have raged out of control in Oregon. The plaintiffs, Robin Colbert and Jeanyne James, have filed a class-action lawsuit in the Multnomah County Circuit Court. The...

Fired Uber Driver Sues for Racial Discrimination Over the Company's Star Rating System

Uber's drivers have filed yet another lawsuit against the company that will both test whether Uber's system discriminates against minority drivers and whether civil rights prote...

Lawsuits Make Lenders Pay for Inaccuracies in Your Credit Reports

With lenders using a composite FICO score to decide whether to extend credit, finance a car, or offer a credit limit increase, consumers are advised to monitor their credit reports. In 2020, consumers are exp...

LG Starts Claims in a Class-Action Lawsuit for Its French Door Refrigerators

LG has agreed to a settlement for its French side-by-side refrigerators. Perchance you own a refrigerator produced between January 2014 and December 2017; you may receive a reward for having a defe...

Consumer Sues Nestle Claiming that the Vanilla in Coffee Mate Is Artificial

A favorite lawsuit filed by class action attorneys is that a consumer product is not what it claims to customers in its marketing. The attorneys get a decent cut of the settlement agreement while ...