Lawyers at McNees Wallace & Nurick on Thursday removed a consumer class action against Avant, an online lending startup, to Pennsylvania Western District Court. The suit, filed by the East End Trial Group, accuses Avant of charging borrowers over 6% annual intertest in violation of the state’s Loan Interest Protection Law. The case is 2:21-cv-01135, McDaid v. Avant, LLC.

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