Lawyers and Settlements :: Financial
Most recent Financial cases and settlements added to www.LawyersandSettlements.com

• Settlement: Foreign Fees
  Visa, MasterCard and Diners Club have agreed to a $336 settlement payable to clients who claimed the card companies failed to adequately notify customers about fees associated with foreign spending.
• Settlement: UBS RICO
  UBS may pay $23 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged they violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Law (RICO) by stealing funds that were being held for 1031 Exchange.
• Settlement: Deloitte Audit
  Deloitte & Touche have agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that they botched an audit of Legand Pharmaceuticals by entrusting it to a partner it new to be a poor auditor.
• Settlement: Illegal Payday Loans
  Nine companies agree to pay $1 million to settle charges that they offered illegal payday loans disguised as instant cash rebates for Internet services.
• Settlement: Tribes Settle Logging Dispute
  The Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe has agreed to pay $92 million to settle a long standing reservation sharing dispute over money from logging activities five decades ago.
• Settlement: Holocaust Survivors must pay Legal Fees
  Holocaust survivors who were awarded a $1.5 billion settlement regarding banks that looted Jewish assets, are forced to pay $3.1 million in legal fees.
• Settlement: Repossessed car wins $700,000 Settlement
  A class action lawsuit that was brought against Virginia Beach-based Tidewater Finance Co., alleging that the company had questionable repossession practices, has been settled.
• Settlement: Contractor Fraud
  $750,000 payment resolves litigation alleging contractor overcharged millions of dollars.
• Settlement: Credit Report
  Equifax ordered to pay $2.7 million settlement after failing to correct errors in a woman's credit score.
• Settlement: Cigarette Weight
  Premier Manufacturing, Inc. pays $3.1 million civil fine for deliberately understated the weights of imported cigarettes.