Kilgore Independent School District (ISD) agreed to pay $2.97 million as part of a settlement to resolve claims it collected illegal property taxes on homestead exemption properties. Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit accused Kilgore ISD of illegally repealing and reducing its local option homestead exemption for tax years 2016 through 2019. As a result, the ... Keep Reading↠

iCare Acquisition agreed to a $3 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims a data breach compromised 20/20 Eye Care Network and 20/20 Hearing Care Network patient data. 20/20 Eye Care Network and 20/20 Hearing Care Network allegedly experienced a data breach in January 2021 which compromised sensitive patient information. According to plaintiffs in ... Keep Reading↠

Robinhood agreed to pay a $9.9 million settlement to resolve claims that account holders lost money due to March 2020 outages. On March 2, March 3 and March 9, 2020, Robinhood allegedly suffered from outages during which account holders were unable to access their assets. As a result, account holders allegedly lost money as they were unable to make trades and other ... Keep Reading↠

PHH agreed to a $2.77 million settlement to resolve claims that it charged illegal service fees on internet mortgage payments. Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit accused PHH Mortgage of charging illegal convenience fees when making loan payments on the internet or through its telephone payment system. These fees allegedly violated the FDCPA and the Florida ... Keep Reading↠

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure agreed to a $350,000 settlement to resolve claims it violated state and federal law by running employment background checks without the proper disclosures. The background check class action lawsuit claims that Balfour provided an insufficient disclosure form when running background checks on job applicants. This form allegedly violated ... Keep Reading↠

Woodbolt agreed to pay $3 million to resolve a class action lawsuit claiming it falsely advertised XTEND workout powders as “0 calories.” Class members may claim up to $25 without proof of purchase. Plaintiffs in the false advertising class action lawsuit accused Woodbolt of misleading customers by promising that XTEND products have “0 calories.” Despite these ... Keep Reading↠

Gilead Sciences agreed to pay $4 million to resolve a class action lawsuit claiming it failed to maintain HIV status privacy when sending mailings. Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit claim Gilead’s HIV-related mailings violated their privacy. According to the class action lawsuit, Gilead should have concealed all mention of HIV status to protect recipients from ... Keep Reading↠

Transworld Systems agreed to a $1.56 million lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it violated Massachusetts debt-collection laws by contacting residents too frequently. Plaintiffs in the debt collection class action lawsuit accused Transworld of contacting consumers more than two times in a seven-day period. According to the complaint, these calls violated ... Keep Reading↠