Squitieri & Fearon, LLP is investigating claims for workers in hospitals, nursing homes, and health care facilities who have been denied overtime pay because their employer averages their hours over a two-week period. The wage-and-hour law in some states requires employers to pay health care workers “time-and-a-half” overtime wages based upon a 40-hour “workweek” basis. more »
Hospital/Overtime Investigation
September 9, 2013 By admin
Filed Under: Firm News, Investigation Summary, Investigations, Legal Developments, Subinvestigation
Pay Card/ATM Card/Cash Card (Paycheck Substitute) Class Action Investigation
July 11, 2013 By admin
Squitieri & Fearon, LLP is investigating employers who pay employees using ATM cards. A growing number companies are no longer using paychecks to pay their employees and are instead issuing A.T.M. cards, debit cards and cash cards to employees.
Filed Under: Firm News, Investigation Summary, Investigations, Legal Developments, Subinvestigation Tagged With: walmart
Forced-Place Insurance Investigation
March 18, 2013 By admin
We are investigating claims on behalf of customers with mortgages who have been forced placed insurance. When a borrower’s homeowner’s, hazard, flood or wind insurance policy lapses, the bank holding a mortgage may “force place” insurance on the borrower. However, many banks have turned this into a profit center by placing that insurance through their own affiliates at premiums rates that are significantly higher than market rates.
Filed Under: Firm News, Investigation Summary, Investigations, Legal Developments
Antitrust College/Bank Financial Aid Partnership Investigation
March 14, 2013 By admin
We are investigating claims against colleges and banks for improper fee sharing arrangements related to students’ financial aid disbursements. In a recent report by the United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, it was found that over 900 colleges have partnerships with banks where the bank pays money to gain access to students’ financial data and more »
Filed Under: Investigation Summary
Bank Overdraft Fees and Transaction Reordering Investigation
October 31, 2011 By admin
We are representing people throughout the country whose banks have manipulated the way that they process transactions in order to maximize overdraft fees.
Filed Under: Investigation Summary, Investigations, Legal Developments Tagged With: Academy Bank, Armed Forces Bank, Astoria Federal, Bank of the West, BB&T, Capital City, Capital One, Citizens, City Bank, City National Bank, Commerce Bancshares, First Consumers, First Convenience, First Star, FirstMerit, Flagstar, Huntington, IBC Bank, M&I Bank, M&T Bank, Memphis Area Teachers/Orion Credit Union, MetaBank, Metro Credit Union, Midfirst, National Bank of Arizona, NSF, Pacific Western, Peoples, Prosperity, Redstone, Regions Bank, Security Bank & Trust, St. Anne's Credit Union, TCF Bank, TD Bank, Trustmark, UMB Bank, UnionBank, United Bank, US Bank, Wachovia, Washington Mutual, Webster Bank, Wells Fargo