Halunen Law in the News
Tycko & Zavareei and Halunen Law File Class Action Against Bluestem Brands for Fraudulent Sales Practices, Hidden Finance Charges and Usury
Minneapolis (Aug. 26, 2015) – Customers of online retailer Fingerhut.com filed a class action lawsuit today in the District of Minnesota, alleging that the company’s huge mark-ups on electronics, household goods and other products are actually finance charges in disguise. Fingerhut.com targets low-income consumers with damaged credit to sell them extremely high-cost electronics and household …
Halunen Law featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Fortune & Money
Halunen Law was recently featured in an article, published in Bloomberg Businessweek, Fortune, and Money that recognizes them for some of their outstanding work concerning different whistleblower retaliation and government fraud cases. Read the full article: Righting Corporate Wrongs: One Law Firm’s Fight for Justice
Jacob Frey- Stand Out Council Member
Jacob Frey has established himself as the stand out voice of the seven new city counsel members. Frey has plenty to highlight form his first year: “the council’s vote to end strict food and liquor sales ratios, a few major housing projects underway in the ward, the building boom around the new stadium and the successful …
DHS Whistleblower Case Settled
The whistleblower case filed on behalf of Paul Olson, a high level employee of Minnesota’s Department of Human Services (DHS) has settled for $295,000. Olson had alleged that the DHS had ostracized him and removed all meaningful responsibilities from his position after he refused his managers’ demands to violate a statute to give a financial …
Two Cases Headed for Trial – The Trane Goes Forward
Halunen employment attorney Ross Stadheim argued two discrimination cases in front of United States District Court Judge Michael Davis, and both are now headed to trial. In two opinions recently issued [Opinion 1;Opinion 2 ] Judge Davis found that two financial analysts who were terminated by Trane U.S., Inc., under the guise of a reorganization …
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Whistleblower Awarded Nearly $1 Million after Exposing Globe University
Weber was fired after bringing evidence to members of the executive leadership at Globe about illegal and deceptive claims being made by the school in its student recruitment advertising materials. A Minnesota district court judge ruled that the for-profit Globe University must pay more than $500,000 in attorneys’ fees and related costs to Heidi Weber …
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IKO case update – Judge Denies Class Certification
On January 28, 2014, Judge Harold Baker denied Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification. In his ruling, Judge Baker reasoned that the evidence provided to the Court was insufficient to support a finding that Plaintiffs have each experienced the same type of damage. In particular, Judge Baker disagreed with Plaintiffs’ attorneys that the damages experienced by …
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