Category: Class Action

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Future of Class Actions Amending the Federal Arbitration Act Over the past three weeks, we have shared the insights of Vanderbilt Law School Professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick on the importance of class actions to maintaining fair business practices in America’s economy, particularly the consumer sector. See The […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Empirical Evidence of the Effectiveness of Class Actions Data Shows Societal Benefits Statistical data demonstrates the effectiveness of class actions in achieving two important goals: (1) compensation for persons who have suffered economic injury and (2) deterring corporate misconduct. Indeed, the statistics show that nothing else compares to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick Makes The Case For Class Actions The Private Enforcement Role of Class Actions The plaintiffs’ litigators at Evans Law Firm, Inc. know from experience that class actions lawsuits are often the only way ordinary citizens can be compensated for smaller economic injuries against large […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Conservative Scholar Brian T. Fitzpatrick Makes The Case For Class Actions The Private Enforcement Role of Class Actions Enforcement By Class Action Better than More Regulation Evans Law Firm, Inc. is a plaintiff’s law firm. Our lawyers represent individual plaintiffs injured by fraud, financial elder abuse, or other […]

                   On or about September 17, 2008, Plaintiffs brought a lawsuit in California against DIRECTV captioned Amy Imburgia and Kathy Greiner v. DIRECTV, Inc., (Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles, Case No. BC398295). The lawsuit challenged DIRECTV’s early cancellation fees […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Access to Justice Cases Millions of consumers and employees can no longer hold corporations liable for injury because of a series of recent Supreme Court opinions eliminating plaintiffs’ rights on grounds of federal pre-emption, arbitration clauses, and class action bans. Four cases this term ask the Court to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  The Arbitration Clause In Your Fitbit Contract Consumer products often come with written terms and conditions, usually a little pamphlet in the box. The terms and conditions are mini-contracts and the manufacturer claims you agreed to the terms when you made your purchase.  Your Fitbit comes with terms […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER TransUnion Set to Pay Victims $60 Million TransUnion and the Fair Credit Reporting Act TransUnion, a credit reporting agency, has been ordered to pay its victims $60 million, a decision and amount rendered by a California jury recently. A class action, filed in 2012, alleged that TransUnion used […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understanding and Preventing Elder Abuse It’s becoming increasingly apparent that financial elder abuse is a serious concern not only to seniors and their families, but to society at large. A new study by Metlife suggests that financial abuse costs elders almost $3 Billion every year. This money is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unclaimed Property in Life Insurance Policy Usually, insurers do not have to research whether the insured passed away and give the payment to the beneficiary. But in the case of annuities, insurance companies routinely check the social security death database, and when one of their annuitants has died, […]