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↠

Veriff agreed to a $4 million settlement to resolve claims that it violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting facial geometry scans without consent. According to plaintiffs in the biometric privacy class action lawsuit, Veriff failed to comply with BIPA when collecting facial geometry scans for identity verification. The company ... Keep Reading↠

Advent Health Partners agreed to a $500,000 settlement to resolve claims surrounding a 2021 data breach that compromised thousands of patients’ information. Patients later filed a class action lawsuit against Advent, arguing the health system failed to protect their information through reasonable cybersecurity measures. Advent Health is a Christian health system ... Keep Reading↠

General Credit Acceptance agreed to pay $2.75 million to resolve claims it violated Missouri law when repossessing and selling collateral property. Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit accused General Credit Acceptance of violating statutory requirements for pre- and post-sale notices required by Missouri law. General Credit Acceptance Co. is a lender based in ... Keep Reading↠