Consumer Fraud

• Chief Justice launches report on litigation funding and class actions

  01/31/2020 | Irish Legal News

  Kirby McInerney Partner Meghan Summers recently presented a report before the Chief Justice of Ireland. The report, which Ms. Summers co-authored, focuses on how class actions could be implemented in Ireland.

• Class-action lawsuit seeks damages for county ‘discriminatory conduct’ in tax assesment

  02/20/2019 | The Island Now

  Three Nassau residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against the county on behalf of non-white property owners who they contend were forced to bear the property tax burden of wealthier, white communities due to county policies beginning in 2010.  Kirby McInerney represents the plaintiffs.

• Force-Placed Suit Against GMAC May Proceed, Judge Rules

  10/01/2013 | AmericanBanker.com

  A lawsuit that accused GMAC Mortgage of taking kickbacks and overcharging homeowners on force-placed insurance policies has survived a motion to dismiss. GMAC’s mortgage unit will have to face a class action brought by homeowners whose properties it serviced, a U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of New York ruled Monday.

• GMAC Force-Placed Insurance Class Action Gets Judge’s OK

  09/30/2013 | Law360

  A New York federal judge on Monday upheld a racketeering class action targeting kickbacks Balboa Insurance Co. allegedly paid to GMAC Mortgage LLC for force-placing hazard insurance policies, saying the lender may have gouged borrowers when demanding reimbursement for coverage.