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Class Action Overdraft Fees Banks

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Bank faces class action over its overdraft fee practices

Recently, a bank customer and his business filed a class action complaint in the Stamford-Norwalk Judicial District Superior Court against a Connecticut-based bank alleging that bank engaged in unlawful business practices to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District Court grants bank a MSJ in overdraft fee class action case

On April 16, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan entered an opinion and order granting defendant bank’s motion for summary judgment in an overdraft fee-related consumer class action. In this case,...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: February 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and state authorities have agreed to a consent order with a large national bank to resolve allegations that the bank engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by affecting...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights: V 3, Issue 3, March 2023

Now is the Time to Guard Against Reckless Banking Legislation - “Only a structural change to the way Congress acts on financial regulation will prevent future losses.” Why this is important: An old adage is that...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Plaintiffs Pursuing Increased Class Action Claims for Overdraft Fees and Charges Against Customers

With plaintiff attorneys seeing potential large dollar settlements and verdicts, along with increased regulatory scrutiny, banks need to review their overdraft practices. As noted by the American Bankers Association, banks...more

K&L Gates LLP

HUB Talks: The Impact of Overdraft Fees on Banks and Consumers

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In this episode, Judie Rinearson and John ReVeal discuss class action litigation and regulatory enforcement concerns arising from overdraft fee disclosures and practices. John also shares his insight about possible...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Bank agrees to $5.7 million settlement in class action alleging wrongful charging of overdraft fees

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In the last two weeks, both the CFPB and OCC have been critical of bank overdraft practices and the CFPB has warned of enhanced supervisory and enforcement scrutiny. The potential costly impact that such increased scrutiny...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Overdraft Class Action Litigation: Recent Developments in Maine

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Financial institutions have been facing class action lawsuits regarding overdraft and return item (NSF) fees since the early 2000s. Initially, the lawsuits were focused on the largest national banks. Over time, plaintiffs’...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

Tennessee Court of Appeals Becomes First Appellate Court to Affirm Dismissal of Class Action Challenging Multiple “Overdraft” or...

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Earlier this year, Balch & Bingham reported on the dismissal of one of the first class actions challenging financial institutions for charging multiple “overdraft” or not sufficient funds (“NSF”) fees for the same transaction...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 6.4.2020 | Top Story: DOJ Indicts Top Chicken Industry Execs Over Price-Fixing Allegations

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The DOJ has begun the prosecutorial phase of its chicken price-fixing investigation with a one-count indictment accusing current and former senior execs at Pilgrim’s Pride and Claxton Poultry Farms—including their current...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

Class Actions Based on Overdraft Fees on the Rise

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As a word of caution, the plaintiffs’ bar is filing a wave of class actions against credit unions and banks based on the assessment of overdraft fees. Some cases challenge practices, such as high-to-low sequencing of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Bank Compels Arbitration of Overdraft Class Action

Reversing a Florida district court action, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit agreed with a national bank that a class action challenging overdraft fees should be moved to arbitration....more

Carlton Fields

Third Circuit Slams The Door On Coverage For The Cost of Defending Excluded Claims—Then Leaves It Wide Open

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An insured corporation settles a class action, and a portion of the settlement pays the plaintiffs’ attorneys. Payments to the class are excluded from coverage under the terms of the corporation’s liability policy. But can...more

Brooks Pierce

Business Court: High To Low Posting of ATM Debit Card Transactions Properly Disclosed By Bank

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The meaning of the word "item" was the definitive factor in the Business Court's decision last week in Gay v. People's Bank, 2015 NCBC 59. The case was an attempted class action involving claims against the Bank for...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

U.S. Bank Wins Coverage Under Delaware Law For $55 Million Overdraft-Related Settlement

Three class actions were filed against U.S. Bank in 2009 with identical allegations. The plaintiffs claimed that instead of applying transactions in chronological order, the bank posted transactions from the highest amount to...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Financial Services Law -- Nov 21, 2013

Bank Can Be Liable Under California Law for Overdraft Fee Charge Ordering - A checking account that includes a debit card feature is a “service” under California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act, according to a new...more

BakerHostetler

Class Action Claim for Excessive Fees is Not Covered by Bank’s Liability Policy

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A Georgia federal district court ruled on August 7th that a bank was not entitled to insurance coverage for class action claims based on its allegedly excessive overdraft fees....more

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