Bombshell: State of Minnesota sues National Arbitration Forum
This major development in the fight against arbitration abuse has potential to to cause some serious carnage. The State of Minnesota filed a lawsuit against National Arbitration Forum, a leading...
View ArticleMassachusetts court nixes Wal-Mart’s bargain hunting efforts in class action...
Via Bloomberg comes this story of how Wal-Mart tried an end-around strategy to settle an unpaid wage class action in Massachusetts. Apparently, Wal-Mart was unhappy with the high settlement demand...
View ArticleTrade school class action settlement-Academy of Court Reporting
Here is a report in the Detroit Free Press about a class action settlement for court reporting trade school students at the Academy of Court Reporting, which is owned Delta Career Education Corp. The...
View ArticleCourt rejects veterans’ data breach case (via Spam Notes)
Good post at the always interesting blog, Spam Notes here on a disappointing ruling by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejecting veterans’ claims under the Privacy Act. I had missed the original...
View ArticleDeath by a Thousand Paper Cuts-Denver Post takes on Late Fees
When I first heard about the case five years ago, I was somewhat annoyed. Over the years, the trifling annoyance has bloomed into a cool white heat of studied anger. The issue is late fees charged to...
View ArticleTips for Consumers-Is that culinary school program worth the money?
I saw another ad on TV last night for culinary schools. It had the flash and the glitz. There was the woman dressed as a chef talking about training chefs for exciting careers. And then today, I got...
View ArticleCritic of civil just system files class action after his ox gets gored
You’ve probably heard various explanations of the difference between comedy and tragedy. My favorite is that comedy is when you slip on a banana peel and fall, but when I slip on a banana peel and...
View ArticleUpdate: Proposed class action against Western Culinary Institute and Career...
We filed our opening brief today in the proposed consumer class action against Western Culinary Institute and Career Education Corp. In support of the brief, we submitted confidential documents, so at...
View ArticleWikipedia entry on Western Culinary Institute flags consumer case
I was a bit surprised to learn that Wikipedia picked up on our proposed class action case against Western Culinary Institute. I have no idea how long the Wiki entry on WCI has included information on...
View ArticleBlog relocation
Please note that I’ve relocated this blog to our new website, www.davidsugerman.com Please look for updates there.
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