Securing justice for employees and consumers

Portico decking is a composite decking product manufactured as a wood substitute. Portico advertised that the product would not need regular maintainence to prevent discoloration, cracking, splintering, or mold. Fiberon sold the decking with a 20 year warranty. However, a recent lawsuit alleges that Portico decking is uniformly defective and that the defect manifests itself as incurable dark spotting on the surfact of the composite decking material. Some customers refer to the Portico spotting as "leopard spots" of mold. The dark spotting is caused by mold, mildew or fungal growth.

Some banks and credit unions employ unfair and illegal business practices to increase the likelihood that customers will overdraw their accounts and be assessed overdraft fees especially when using debit, ATM, or check cards. A number of class action lawsuits have been filed against over a dozen banks for the alleged unfair and illegal assessment and collection of excessive overdraft fees. The complaints generally allege that the banks not record charges and purchases on ATM or debit cards in the order they actually occurred. Instead, the banks reorder the charges and purchases so that the largest charge or purchase is the first one paid by the bank. The lawsuits allege that the practice is manipulative and intentionally designed to maximize profits from overdraft fees.