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Consumer Class Action Litigation , our practice area related to consumer class actions
Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP is dedicated to representing consumers who are victimized by the unfair, deceptive and predatory business practices. Because the claims of individual consumers may be so small that the injured consumer has no practical recourse against a large corporation, the class-action lawsuit has proven to be a highly effective means of obtaining compensation for large numbers of consumers. -
David Marshall, Partner
David Marshall concentrates his practice on the representation of whistleblowers in the nuclear, financial and medical industries, and in the prosecution of consumer class actions. -
Federal Court Strikes BlueHippo's Arbitration Clause
Federal Courts have dealt a blow to BlueHippo Funding by dismissing the company's attempt to force all of its customers to take their complaints to arbitration, opening the door to class-action lawsuits. -
Md. firm's practices get FTC scrutiny
BlueHippo Funding LLC, a Woodlawn company that sells computers and plasma TVs nationwide to people with poor credit, is under investigation by the Federal trade Commission after being hit with hundreds of consumer complaints in its three years in business. In addition to the federal probe, the Illinois attorney general's office sued the Baltimore County company late last year, Florida has begun an investigation "and, 'last week, two Californians sued BlueHippo and are seeking class action status to represent thousands of consumers. -
First Amended Complaint for Monetary, Declaratory, and Injunctive Relief
Roylene Ray and Kelly Cannon bring this action on behalf of themselves and a class of similarly situated California consumers who have been deceived by false and misleading advertising into ordering computers at exorbitant prices and on unconscionable terms from BlueHippo Funding LLC ("BlueHippo") and its owner, Joseph K. Rensin, and then cheated by them out of their money altogether.
BlueHippo's and Rensin's actions violate several California laws. Plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive damages, restitution, declaratory and injunctive relief, and attorneys' fees, costs and expenses. -
Proposed Amended Complaint
Roylene Ray, Kelly Cannon, Joan Hill-Rodriguez, Vincent Humphries, Regina Klein, Moses Sabb, Perdo Santiuste, and Serrenia White, bring this action against BlueHippo Funding LLC, Gateway, Inc and Capital Media, Inc., on behalf of themselves and a Class of similarly situated consumers in California and across the country who have been deceived by BlueHippo's false and misleading advertising into ordering computers at exorbitant prices and on unconscionable terms, and then cheated by them out of their money altogether. BlueHippo markets the computers, collects consumers' money, and then provides them with nothing in return. Gateway, a computer manufacturer, selected and retains BlueHippo as a "Gateway Authorized Reseller" to market low-end and discontinued computer models, knowing that BlueHippo markets, sells and finances such computers on misleading, unfair and fraudulent terms to vulnerable, low-income consumers who lack access to traditional and legitimate sources of credit. Gateway provides a panoply of benefits to help BlueHippo lure customers into ordering Gateway computers and providing BlueHippo information to access their checking accounts. Capital Media is a California advertising agency that assists BlueHippo in the production and/or placement of its California advertising.
Other similar consumer class action suits
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New York court finds Dell guilty of fraud

Dell Inc. was found guilty of fraud, false advertising, deceptive business practices and abusive debt-collection practices in a case brought by the New York attorney general. -
New York Judge Rules Against Dell in Suit Over Marketing

A New York judge concluded that the computer retailer Dell engaged in repeated false and deceptive advertising of its promotional credit financing and warranties.
