In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation

  1. June 26, 2024

    BofA COVID Benefit Card Suit Trimmed After Prior Order Axed

    A California federal judge has trimmed a suit brought against Bank of America NA by a proposed class of unemployment and disability benefits card recipients while also agreeing with them that a federal magistrate judge erred in holding that the bank's top brass lacked "uniquely relevant information" concerning discovery in the suit.

  2. July 12, 2023

    BofA Wants More Claims Clipped In COVID Relief Fraud MDL

    Bank of America NA has asked a San Diego federal judge to toss additional claims from recently trimmed multidistrict litigation taking the bank to task over its alleged "egregious maladministration" of prepaid debit cards used to distribute California state unemployment benefits.

  3. May 26, 2023

    BofA Can't Ax MDL Over Calif. COVID Relief Fraud Issues

    A California federal judge on Thursday trimmed a proposed multidistrict class action consumer litigation alleging Bank of America NA's security failures exposed their unemployment and disability benefits cards to fraud and led the bank to breach their contracts by freezing all accounts during the COVID-19 pandemic.