On September 16, 2020, founding partner Jim Francis delivered a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) presentation discussing class actions pertaining to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Attorneys in most U.S. states must complete a minimum number of CLE credits in order to maintain their license to practice law. This presentation, produced by Strafford Publications, was
According to a report yesterday on 6abc.com, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office says that voters are receiving a flood of intimidating robocalls, telling them that voter information will be used to collect on credit card debts and issue arrest warrants. Voters should not be intimidated by these calls. In fact, the calls themselves may be
Jim Francis, founding partner of Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C., appeared on News 10 NBC in Rochester, NY on September 14, 2020 to provide background on the lawsuit that the firm is filing against the University of Rochester. In the complaint, Carstairs v. University of Rochester, the plaintiff alleges that he did not get full value
The consumer protection law firm, Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C., has opened new offices in New York and San Francisco, bringing on board two additional consumer litigation attorneys to support its growing practice. The firm is actively engaged in a number of high-profile class action suits, filed on behalf of students, rideshare drivers, and consumers in
Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C. filed a class action lawsuit on August 14 in Illinois federal court against Northwestern University over the school’s failure to reimburse tuition payments made by its students and others once the school canceled one week of classes in late March and then shifted to online-only classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
There are nearly 20 million graduate and undergraduate students in the United States today, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Most students willingly pay thousands of dollars per semester to obtain high-quality, in-person instruction in classrooms and laboratories. With little warning, many of these classes were abruptly canceled and shifted online in March
Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C., recently filed a class action lawsuit in Connecticut federal court against Yale University regarding the school’s failure to partially reimburse tuition payments students made once the school shifted to online-only classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiff in the lawsuit is an undergraduate student at Yale. He is seeking a
In September 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia approved a nationwide settlement against Equifax in response to a class action. The suit alleges that Equifax, one of three major credit reporting agencies in the U.S., violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by including inaccurate information about tax liens, civil
A class action lawsuit was recently filed by Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C. in Connecticut federal court against Yale University regarding the school’s failure to partially reimburse tuition payments for the Spring 2020 semester when the school shifted to online-only classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. An undergraduate Yale student is seeking a partial refund for the
Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C., along with Hussin Law Firm, recently filed a class action lawsuit in California federal court against Bank of America over its incorrect listing of bankruptcies on its customers’ credit reports. The lawsuit also alleges that the bank refused to correct those listings after it was notified of the errors. Our client,