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SCHWARTZ v. AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC

  1. January 22, 2016

    Avis, Budget Reach Deal In Travel Rewards Class Action

    Avis and Budget have struck a settlement potentially worth more than $13.7 million, not including legal fees, in class action litigation in New Jersey in which consumers have accused the rental car companies of concealing fees as part of travel rewards programs, according to a federal court filing Friday.

  2. August 29, 2014

    Avis Customers Win Class Cert. In Reward Fee Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday certified a class action accusing Avis Budget Group Inc. of imposing hidden fees on its travel reward program participants and also denied the rental car company's bid to exclude an expert's testimony, shooting down Avis' contention that the expert's conclusions are unreliable.

  3. August 13, 2014

    Avis Wants Expert Testimony Slashed In Reward Fee Row

    Avis Budget Group Inc. urged a New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday to exclude an expert's testimony in support of a putative class's bid for certification in a suit accusing the car rental giant of imposing a hidden surcharge on its travel reward program participants, calling her conclusions unreliable.

  4. August 07, 2014

    Avis Can't Escape Reward Program Fee Class Action

    A federal judge on Wednesday rejected car-rental giant Avis Budget Group Inc.'s bid to toss a class action accusing it of imposing a hidden surcharge on its travel reward program participants, saying the plaintiff has standing to pursue the suit.

  5. July 17, 2014

    Avis Urges Court Not To Certify Surcharge Class

    Car-rental giant Avis Budget Group Inc. urged a New Jersey federal judge Wednesday not to certify a class of renters angry over an airline-miles surcharge, telling the court that the suit hinges on customer expectations and that those are individual, not class, issues.

  6. September 19, 2012

    Avis Can't Ditch Class Action Over Reward Program Fee

    A federal judge on Tuesday denied Avis Rent A Car System LLC's bid to squash a proposed class action that alleges the company wrongly dings consumers with a 75-cent surcharge through its travel partner reward program, saying the plaintiff had adequately pled his claims.