The U.S. District Court for Middle Tennessee has certified an $891 million class action filed in 2011 against Franklin-based Community Health Systems for an alleged Medicare fraud scheme. In a detailed Memorandum opinion, Federal Judge Eli Richardson set forth in detail the facts upon which he relied for the certification. Memorandum of...

Steven A. Cohen, billionaire and former hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors CEO agreed to a $135 million class-action settlement . The total legal costs tied to SAC insider-trading cases is  $2 billion.The $135 million will be paid to investors in Elan Corp., now a part of PerrigoCo. In 2013, SAC agreed to...

Over 40 separate class-action lawsuits have been filed against fantasy sports sites Fan Duel and Draft Kings, alleging the two sites fraudulently coerced players into an illegal gambling scam. Most of the suits assert consumer fraud and false advertisement Plaintiffs are seeking reimbursement for lost fees paid to...

When you obtain a home mortgage, you are required to obtain hazard insurance on the property and if you let this insurance lapse, the mortgage servicer can get its own insurance coverage which is often much more expensive and the home owner must pay! However, recent lawsuits allege and have revealed that "forced-place insurance" actually...

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Manny Pacquiao and his handlers seeking damages for anyone who paid to watch his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. because he failed to disclose his shoulder was injured. The suit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Las Vegas on...

A class-action suit against the Walgreen's Drug Store chain, claims the stores sell herbal supplements that actually contain such substances as rice, tropical houseplant and material originating in the daisy family. The suit claims the New York attorney general issued cease and desist letters to the chain on Feb. 2. The letter...

Air ban maker Takata will be fined $14,000 a day by the U.S. Department of Transportation if it doesn't comply with a federal investigation of its defective and potentially fatal airbags.Those fines will increase each day that Takata doesn't cooperate with two orders by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requiring the manufacturer to...

A class action, the first of its kind for football related concussions has been filed against the Illinois State High Athletics Association.The class sought by the lawsuit includes every high school player in the Illinois state association from 2002 to the present. The only lead plaintiff in the class at the...