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The Sturdevant Law Firm represented consumers, a consumer organization, and the Consumer Attorneys of California in this case that challenged Bank of America's attempt to impose unilaterally alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") on its checking and credit card account customers, thus depriving them of access to the courts and of their constitutional rights to trial by judge or jury. more...
On Tuesday July 24, 2007, The Sturdevant Law Firm, along with Equal Rights Advocates filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of three University of California Davis (UC Davis) women students against the university in United States District Court, Eastern District of California, accusing UC Davis of systemic discrimination based on gender by failing to provide equal athletic opportunities and athletic scholarships for women students. more...
The Sturdevant Law Firm, together with Disability Rights Advocates in Oakland and Rosen, Bien & Asaro in San Francisco, represent plaintiff Californians for Disability Rights (CDR) in this disability access case. CDR, a nonprofit disability resource organization, filed a lawsuit in 2002 against Mervyn’s LLC alleging that Mervyn’s failed to provide adequate access to individuals with mobility disabilities in its stores throughout California. more...
Along with Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, the Sturdevant Law Firm is investigating Chase Home Finance’s practice of delaying in applying, or failing to apply, pre-payments made on mortgages in California. For example, Chase has failed to promptly apply pre-payments despite a provision in the mortgage note that states that consumers may make prepayments without penalty and that such payments will be applied to the account principal or unpaid interest. more...
Settlement pending final approval of the court. This case is being litigated by The Sturdevant Law Firm and Schneider & Wallace. more...
In this class action lawsuit, The Sturdevant Law Firm and co-counsel Steyer Lowenthal Boodrookas Alvarez and Smith achieved a settlement of up to $16 million on behalf of customers who paid the phone company a monthly fee for a wiring repair insurance plan ("Wirepro"). more...
The Sturdevant Law Firm and the National Consumer Law Center in Boston represent Canieva Hood and a proposed class of individuals who have had their tax refunds seized to pay back alleged debts to other banks. The Congress of California Seniors, a nonprofit organization that supports senior citizens, is also a plaintiff in the lawsuit. more...
The Sturdevant Law Firm, along with the law firm of Mannion & Lowe, filed a lawsuit on behalf of consumers in California who used Chicago Title for escrow and title services when they purchased residences from sellers, such as developers and institutional sellers. more...
On July 17, 2007, the Sturdevant Law Firm, along with Schneider & Wallace, filed a proposed class action on behalf of three individuals who have mobility disabilities accusing the City and County of San Francisco of failing to make its sidewalks, parks and city owned buildings accessible. more...
This is a Title IX Gender Equity case on behalf of women student athletes at The University of California, Davis. The women allege that the defendants unlawfully discriminated against them when they withdrew their status as varsity athletes in 2001. As a result, the women were deprived of scholarships and a myriad of varsity benefits, including medical and athletic training services, academic tutoring, insurance, and access to varsity facilities. more...
The Sturdevant Law Firm and San Francisco attorney Tom Brandi represent Paul Miller and a class of more than one million elderly and disabled Bank of America customers in this class action lawsuit challenging the bank’s confiscation of its customers’ directly deposited Social Security benefits to pay itself overdrafts and overdraft fees. more...
The Sturdevant Law Firm was lead counsel for a class of more than 3,000 women scientists, technicians and other employees at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in this class gender discrimination case against the Regents of the University of California. more...
The Sturdevant Law Firm was co-counsel for the plaintiffs in this nationwide consumer class action challenging a large variety of unlawful, unfair, and deceptive practices engaged in by defendants Providian Financial Corporation, Providian Bank and their affiliated corporations in connection with advertising and soliciting of credit card holders. more...
The Sturdevant Law Firm and co-counsel Trial Lawyers for Public Justice represented the plaintiff class and a consumer advocacy organization in this class action lawsuit against AT&T on behalf of seven million California consumers. The lawsuit challenged the phone company’s attempt to eliminate the legal rights and judicial remedies available to consumers in any disputes with the company by unilaterally requiring that such disputes be resolved through mandatory arbitration. more...
The Sturdevant Law Firm is lead counsel for the plaintiffs in this lawsuit alleging that Signet Bank and its successor, Capital One Bank, engaged in a long-term illegal practice of suing California credit card customers in municipal courts in the State of Virginia. more...
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