A recent California Supreme Court decision that essentially allows a negative Yelp post to stand about a lawyer could help determine how online reviews are treated in the future. The case could also influence how much responsibility third-party platforms have when consumers complain about goods...
Wells Fargo is facing a new lawsuit, this time from the Texas jeweler J. Edwards Jewelry Distributing and the company’s president, John Silverman, for charging what the lawsuit contends were hidden fees to customers using Wells Fargo’s financing programs. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Bank of America is being sued for $120 million after failing to flag large deposits into small accounts, which were cleared a few days later. Previously, U.S. Bank was fined $600 million for failing to flag and report suspicious activity according to anti-money laundering (AML)...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it has charged a former Equifax manager with engaging in insider trading before the company announced its massive data breach last year. This is the second case the SEC has filed in the aftermath of the breach. In March, the...
The first class action lawsuit against Exactis has been filed in response to the company’s massive data breach that exposed the private information of more than 200 million U.S. consumers and 110 million business contacts. The marketing and data aggregation firm was the subject of a...
The acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cut a fine against payday lenders in half, as well as dropped some of the agency’s earlier claims in the case. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Everyone’s always talking about online privacy, but this past week or so has brought a meaningful uptick in that ongoing discussion, including a debate that could shape privacy regulations throughout the United States. Such is life in the post-GDPR world. Get the Full Story Complete...
More than a decade after merchants brought a class-action suit against Mastercard, Visa and card-issuing banks in 2005, a settlement between the parties is reportedly in the works. While it is not known how the payment would be split, the card networks and a number...
RetailMeNot announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Honey Science Corp. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...
