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Class action lawsuits
Personal injury lawyers hit the airwaves in an attempt to round up victims of Roundup
Jun 13, 2019
With thousands of cancer patients suing or planning to sue Monsanto over its weed killer, Roundup, personal injury lawyers are clamoring to represent them
Supreme Court ruling makes it harder for workers to take legal action against their employers
May 21, 2018
The United States Supreme Court handed down several rulings today — one in particular has a pretty good chance of affecting you. The court said today that employers can indeed force employees into individual arbitration to resolve workplace disputes. Specifically, arbitration agreements that bar employees from participating in class-action lawsuits. Workers’ rights group say the […]
How restrictions on class action lawsuits affect the arbitration industry
Oct 25, 2017
A vote by the U.S. Senate last night allowing banks to keep using mandatory arbitration clauses in their contracts with consumers — rather than allowing class action lawsuits —essentially preserves the status quo. You might think that more fine print in more and more contracts would mean a lot more arbitration and a bonanza for […]
Fired Wells Fargo workers allege retaliation, toxic culture
Oct 13, 2016
Lawsuits and individual complaints allege the bank punished honesty.
Proposed consumer class action rules don't cover everybody
May 5, 2016
Individuals would still have to go through arbitration.
Flint water lawsuits highlight government immunity
Jan 27, 2016
A coalition of groups including the ACLU filed suit against the city.
When a bargain is less than meets the eye
by
Adriene Hill
Nov 12, 2015
J.C. Penney settles a class action suit in California over phony pricing on sale items.
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Another reason big companies don’t want you to read the fine print
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Robert Garrova
Nov 2, 2015
Companies are using arbitration clauses to keep consumers from filing lawsuits.
Juries to decide if Uber drivers are 'contractors'
Mar 12, 2015
Pending lawsuits could upend the way Uber and its smaller rival, Lyft, operate.
'Consent is a fiction' in consumer contracts
by
David Gura
Apr 17, 2014
Terms of service that say by being a Netflix member, you agree you can't sue the company.