Curated Content: Consumer Rights

We’re here to inform and empower. Our team is dedicated to protecting consumers from predatory practices, fraud, and deceit.
Each article in this category is crafted to give you the knowledge and confidence to stand up against unfair treatment and safeguard your rights.
Your purchases and financial security matter. Explore our Consumer Rights blog, arm yourself with the facts, and take the steps needed to hold companies accountable. At Todd M. Friedman, P.C., we’re here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can demand fairness and fight for justice.

Debt collection agency shut down for harassing consumers

Debt collection agencies doing business under the names Central Resource Management, Final Claims Asset Locators, Final Control Asset Locators, Interchange Payment Solutions, Next Step ...

Debt collection agency found guilty of conducting a scheme to defraud

Debt Collection Agency, Gordon, Cappolli & Associates along with its owner, Stephanie Lowinger,  were found guilty of  conducting a scheme to defraud.  Ms. Lowinger is also ...

Restaurant facing a retaliation lawsuit after a threatening online rants

According to the retaliation lawsuit, two bartenders were already engaged in a wage-and-hour lawsuit against Coyote Ugly alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ...

A text message marketing company investigated by the FTC for allegedly sending millions of illegal spam text messages

A text message marketing company investigated by the FTC for allegedly sending millions of illegal spam text messages to consumers is banned from sending any unsolicited text ...

Game Theory LLC investigated for sending unsolicited spam text messages to consumers

Game Theory LLC, a mobile-content corporation based in San Jose, California was investigated  for sending unsolicited spam text messages to consumers and then tricking them ...

Debt Collector Paid $1.75 Million To Settle FTC Charges

Allied Interstate,  one of the country’s largest debt collection agencies paid $1.75 million for allegedly making repeated phone calls to collect debts from the wrong person or to ...