Tag: Class-Action Lawsuits

In this photo from Sept. 4, 2017, members of the Service Employees International Union, SEIU, gather for a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles. The SEIU works with traditional unions, but it also partners with worker centers that operate just outside of federal labor law, allowing them to recruit and organize in a manner that traditional union organizers cannot. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Class-action lawsuit seeks to expand Supreme Court Janus v. AFSCME ruling on unions

Sean Higgins · September 6, 2018 7:02 pm

Local governments lining up to collect money from the feds after land payments lawsuit

Naomi Lim · August 17, 2018 6:51 pm

People gather at the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court throws out ruling in case protecting unions from class-action lawsuits

Sean Higgins · July 2, 2018 11:00 pm

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. Abuse of painkillers, heroin, fentanyl and other opioids across the country has resulted in tens of thousands of children being taken from their homes and placed in the foster care system.

Opioid drugmakers sued over rising health insurance costs

Kimberly Leonard · May 2, 2018 8:52 pm

This Jan. 10 photo shows Richard Cordray speaking during a news conference, in Akron, Ohio. Cordray, the former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under President Barack Obama, is currently running as a Democrat in his attempt to become Ohio's next governor. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Richard Cordray is looking after his campaign, not consumers

Jeff Joseph · February 26, 2018 5:01 am

"Throughout my discussions with American job creators, they have conveyed a consistent message: They value clarity. The regulated public deserves to know how an agency interprets its regulations," U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta told the House Education and Workforce Committee in November. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Trump’s new boost for business revives practice lost under Obama

Sean Higgins · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

With the help of Vice President Mike Pence, Tuesday's Senate vote will put an end to an unusual regulator-versus-regulator fight between the bureau's director, Richard Cordray, and Trump-appointed officials. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mike Pence casts tie-breaking vote to cancel Obama-era rule favoring class-action suits against banks

Joseph Lawler · October 25, 2017 2:22 am

The Treasury's publication of an 18-page analysis faulting the CFPB's rulemaking represents an escalation in an unusually public and hostile fight between regulators. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Treasury enters fight over class-action lawsuits, criticizes CFPB in study

Joseph Lawler · October 23, 2017 1:48 pm

Appearing behind former CEO Richard Smith on live broadcasts of the hearing, the activist overshadowed the proceedings on social media by flaunting a tux, bowtie, and top hat while twirling a magnificent mustache. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Monopoly Man trolls ex-Equifax CEO in Senate hearing

Joseph Lawler · October 4, 2017 3:16 pm

The CFPB on Tuesday announced a final rule that would lower most credit card late fees to $8. (Flickr)

CFPB’s Richard Cordray wants to replace arbitration with a broken class-action system

Lisa Rickard · September 19, 2017 4:01 am

The CFPB has also put on hold plans to conduct on-site tests to examine how Equifax protects its data, and has rejected requests from regulators at other agencies to help. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Equifax hack likely makes it harder for Republicans to kill rule allowing class-action lawsuits

Joseph Lawler · September 8, 2017 6:04 pm

Aetna is facing a class action lawsuit after it inadvertently revealed that about 12,000 of its customers have HIV. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Aetna sued after inadvertently revealing HIV information

Robert King · August 29, 2017 2:29 pm