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Portland, Oregon attorney David F. Sugerman handles class action and injury cases for Oregon consumers. David has extensive trial and appellate experience with disputes involving dangerous products, injuries, class actions, consumer fraud, and toxic exposures. David was admitted to practice in 1986.
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A modest proposal: Close your Umpqua Bank account
Great coverage here in today’s Oregonian by Brent Hunsberger regarding Umpqua Bank’s decision to cram mandatory arbitration down the throats of Umpqua customers. If you’re an Umpqua Bank customer, you might want to seriously consider moving your funds to a … Continue reading
Oregonian on BP consumer fraud class action
The Oregonian picked up the filing of the BP class action. Their report is here on OregonLive. More on the case–including a copy of the initial complaint (pdf)–is here. A few clarifications: 1. The case covers only debit card purchases … Continue reading
Update: Consumer fraud class action against Career Education Corp and Western Culinary
This is a short update for all following our consumer fraud class action against Career Education Corporation and its Portland culinary school, Western Culinary Institute/Le Cordon Bleu Portland. We’ve been waiting for a ruling from Judge Baldwin on Career Education … Continue reading
Fighting the robber barons: Illegal debt card charges for overdrafts
News today that West Coast Bank reached an agreement with the FDIC relating to its “courtesy coverage” overdraft protection. According to Brent Hunsberger’s report in The Oregonian, the issue was ineffective opt outs. But there is a bigger problem with … Continue reading
ARCO debit card fees–Again?
Oregon readers know about our gasoline rules. In Oregon, there is no self-service. So when you pull up to the pump and ask the attendant to gas it up, you commit to the purchase the minute the gas starts flowing … Continue reading
Update: Western Culinary Institute/Le Cordon Bleu Portland and CEC consumer fraud class action
For those tracking this case, two updates worth noting. 1. As noted recently, Western Culinary/LCB Portland and Career Education Corp filed a motion to compel arbitration and to dismiss this case. More info on that motion here. The hearing date … Continue reading
Western Culinary Institute class action update: Defendants seek another dismissal
This is an update on our culinary school consumer fraud class action against Western Culinary Institute, now known as Le Cordon Bleu Portland, and its parent corporation, Career Education Corporation. A few weeks ago, defendants filed a motion to compel … Continue reading
Consumer fraud class action update: Western Culinary Institute, Le Cordon Bleu, Career Education Corp.
Late yesterday, Career Education Corp and Western Culinary Institute/Le Cordon Bleu Portland filed a motion to compel arbitration in our consumer fraud class action. More on the case here. Short version is that three years after we filed the case, … Continue reading
Career Education Corp and Western Culinary Institute consumer fraud class action: Notice out
We finally moved to the next phase in our Oregon consumer fraud class action against Western Culinary Institute/Le Cordon Bleu Portland and its parent, Career Education Corporation. Class notice went out last week. It took longer than expected because of … Continue reading
Culinary schools face regulatory pressure
Here is the link to a recent NPR story regarding culinary schools and the disconnect between culinary careers and the costs of culinary school. Interesting quote from the of Career Education Corp. executive Kirk Bachmann about the calculations of placement … Continue reading