Lawsuits

The Wells Fargo $110 million discrimination settlement is a finally approved shareholder derivative resolution where Wells Fargo must create a $100 million Borrower Assistance Fund for low- and moderate-income homebuyers after shareholders accused the bank’s board of failing to stop discriminatory lending and hiring practices. Judge Trina Thompson of the U.S. District Court for the…

The Hermanson Company pay transparency settlement is an employment class action where approximately 8,500 Washington job applicants can receive an equal share of a $4,750,000 fund — with no claim form required. Job seeker Katherine Wright filed suit against Hermanson Company, LLP and three related entities in King County Superior Court, alleging their Washington job…

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock ERISA settlement is a retirement plan class action where eligible participants in the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Retirement Plan and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Employee Investment Plan can receive a payment without filing any claim form. Three plan participants sued Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, accusing the company of paying excessive…