Information on Class Action Litigation filed by the Bromberg Law Office in New York City
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an independent agency of the U.S. government tasked with looking out for the rights of consumers in the financial sector. In light of the CFPB’s responsibility to consumers, the CFPB has proposed new rules intended to prohibit the
When dealing with class action lawsuits, people who are part of the class that is affected by the litigation are required to stay in the class or opt-out of the class. As a general rule, consumer class actions begin as opt-out cases, meaning that once
False advertising is one of the many deceptive business practices that consumer victims use class action lawsuits for in order to recover for the harm that they suffered. False advertising occurs when a company makes a false or misleading claim about one of its products,
When a group of consumers goes up against a big company in a consumer class action lawsuit, the company will have its army of lawyers working as hard as possible to rip the class action lawsuit apart. The company’s lawyers will be looking for any
Companies in Silicon Valley have recently seen a rash of consumer class action suits filed against them where the companies have broken the law, but the plaintiffs may have difficulty proving that they suffered a harm that can be quantified or otherwise reduced to bodily
The United States Supreme Court recently indicated in DirecTV vs. Imburgia, that business have a right to impose arbitration on consumers in company contracts, wiping out the consumer’s right to sue. Forced arbitration is favorable to large companies as it gives them the power to
When companies take advantage of consumers in small ways that would not be worth pursuing in the court of law simply because the cost associated with suing a behemoth corporation would be cost prohibitive, consumer can turn to a class action lawsuit to address their
Class action lawsuits in NY are available to similarly situated individuals who have been harmed by a company. After the class of plaintiffs has been certified by a judge, one or a few representative plaintiffs are designated to represent the entire class. These representative plaintiffs
In many cases, a lawsuit concerns a single alleged harm done by one party (the Defendant) to another party (the Plaintiff). Sometimes, however, a harm extends far beyond the two-party context. If you, as a consumer, have suffered a harm at the hands of a
In this video NY class action and debt defense attorney, Brian Bromberg, discusses how to go about choosing the right class action lawyer. Brian Bromberg is experienced in handling consumer class action lawsuits. If you are in need of representation call us today at 212-248-7906 or contact us
