(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin employee has filed a class action lawsuit against the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 7 and Olympic Companies claiming the company and union continue to deduct dues from her paychecks even after she provided written notice of the termination of her union membership.

The pros and cons of the multibillion-dollar financing industry that has ignited the growth of mass tort litigation was the focus of debate at The Federalist Society yesterday.

Class action lawyers “deserve to be paid,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit says, “[b]ut not twice.”