Class Action
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Former students who say they were defrauded by now-defunct, for-profit colleges can take on the U.S. Department of Education as a class in a suit alleging the agency is slow-rolling their loan forgiveness applications, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Eleventh Circuit on Monday upheld a Florida federal court’s dismissal of a suit by Democratic Party donors who accused the Democratic National Committee and its then-head Debbie Wasserman Schultz of rigging the 2016 presidential primary contest in favor of Hillary Clinton… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Kellogg’s food company has agreed to change its marketing and pay about $20 million to resolve consumer claims it falsely advertised several cereals as healthy when they’re loaded with sugar, according to documents filed Monday in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Mercury Insurance Co. has agreed to pay California authorities more than $41 million to resolve a long-running legal battle centering on allegations that its brokers tacked illegal fees onto auto policyholders’ premiums, the Golden State’s Department of Insurance announced on Tuesday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $20.4 million to resolve claims by two Ohio counties that were going to be at the center of the first bellwether trial later this month in multidistrict litigation against drugmakers blamed for the U.S. opioid crisis… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 