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Galloway et al v. Big Picture Loans, LLC et al
Case Number:
3:18-cv-00406
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Nature of Suit:
Racketeer/Corrupt Organization
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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Firms
- Armstrong Teasdale
- Berger Montague
- Caddell & Chapman
- Christian & Barton
- Consumer Litigation Associates
- Kelly Guzzo
- Loeb & Loeb
- Morningstar Law Group
- Rosette LLP
- Sands Anderson
- Spotts Fain
- Terrell Marshall
- Troutman
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December 15, 2023
Tribe-Linked Usury Lender Must Face RICO Claim In Va. Court
Loan financier Matt Martorello cannot object to a Virginia venue for a proposed class action over his alleged role in a usurious "rent-a-tribe" lending scheme despite the state's plaintiffs withdrawing after a $43 million class judgment was entered against Martorello in a separate but related case, a Virginia federal judge ruled.
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June 09, 2020
Vendor Tells Consumers To Ask Congress About Tribal Usury
A vendor for two Michigan tribal companies involved in online lending has asked a Virginia federal court to toss a proposed class action saying he used the tribe's sovereign legal status to charge usurious interest rates, saying it's up to Congress to change laws favoring Indian Country.
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February 10, 2020
Consumers Can't Take Back Consolidation Bid, Ex-CEO Says
The founder and former CEO of a consulting company that was sold and merged into an online lender accused of flouting usury laws has asked a Virginia federal court to consolidate three proposed class actions, arguing the plaintiffs asked for the same in a move for multidistrict litigation that's since been withdrawn.
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June 10, 2019
Consumers Ask To Combine Tribe-Linked Usury Suits
A proposed class of consumers asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Friday to combine eight lawsuits accusing Big Picture Loans LLC of taking advantage of the sovereign legal status granted to Native American tribes in order to charge unreasonably high interest rates on online loans.