July 26, 2019
California consumers claiming two tribe-linked online lenders charged illegally high interest rates have urged a federal judge not to toss their proposed class action, saying the companies aren't entitled to share in the tribe's immunity despite a recent Fourth Circuit ruling that found they were shielded from a similar suit.
September 06, 2018
An online lender created by a Native American tribe urged a California federal judge to throw out a proposed class action by consumers who say the company charged illegally high interest rates, arguing Tuesday it's protected by tribal immunity, in the latest case brought against the company.
June 12, 2018
An internet lending company and others have engaged in a plot to charge illegally high interest rates on loans while attempting to use a Michigan tribe's sovereign immunity as a shield from suit, a group of borrowers said in a proposed class action filed in California federal court Monday.