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Volkswagen Finalizing $15B Dieselgate Settlement, But Still No Fix In Sight
Back in June, Volkswagen reached a nearly $15 billion tentative agreement with the federal government to begin the long process of putting “dieselgate” in the rearview. Now, the carmaker is seeking to...
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A Supplement Company Sued Over Research It Didn’t Like… And Lost
Unlike FDA-approved medications, makers of dietary supplements are not required to demonstrate that their products are safe or effective. That shouldn’t stop independent researchers from doing their...
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Court: CFPB Has Authority To Request Seven Years’ Worth Of Foreclosure Documents
Back in November, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit against one of the nation’s largest providers of seller-financed homes after it failed to comply with a subpoena to turn over...
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Amazon Hasn’t Turned Over Echo Recordings Related To Murder Investigation
Nearly two months after police investigating a homicide in Arkansas served Amazon with search warrants, requesting any information that may have been stored on an Echo speaker located inside the...
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Spammers Must Pay $500K After Using Hacked Emails To Push Diet Pills
Last summer, federal regulators charged the operators of an alleged spam scam of hijacking hacked email accounts to spread the word about a slew of unproven weight-loss products. Now, the three...
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PayPal Mocks Pandora For “Blatantly Pirating” Logo
It apparently isn’t enough for PayPal to accuse Pandora of copying its logo, the online payment platform is attempting to humiliate the streaming music service and its business model. PayPal recently...
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Depakote Maker AbbVie Ordered To Pay $15M To Boy Born With Spina Bifida
Pharmaceuticals giant AbbVie must pay $15 million to the family of a 10-year-old boy who was born with spina bifida after an Illinois jury found the company failed to properly warn doctors about the...
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Judge Gives Preliminary Approval To $142M Wells Fargo Fake Account Settlement
Two months after a federal court judge tasked with reviewing the pending $142 million settlement for million of fake accounts opened in customers’ names warned he might reject the deal, he finally...
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$5 Billion In Private Student Loans Could Be Wiped Away Because Of Shoddy...
Wiping away private student loans is a difficult, almost impossible task, for borrowers. But some debtors are finding their tabs zeroed out as the result of a long-running legal battle between former...
View ArticleWells Fargo Teller Pleads Guilty To Stealing $185K From One Customer
A year after thousands of Wells Fargo employees were accused of opening unauthorized accounts in customers’ name in order to make sales goals, one bank teller has pleaded guilty to also opening an...
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