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Consumer Rights
Don’t be fooled! Those text messages are from scammers pretending to be legitimate companies as part of a ruse to get your personal information. The text gives you a link that looks like Target or Best Buy websites, but they are not. NBC News recently covered our investigation and pending lawsuit against the company that is sending […]
Consumer Rights
On October 17, 2012, in the case Chesbro v. Best Buy Stores, L.P., the Court ruled that “robocalls” made by Best Buy to remind consumers to use their Best Buy “Reward Zone” points are telemarketing calls and are indeed subject to the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Plaintiff Michael Chesbro bought a computer from Best Buy and claims he […]
Consumer Rights
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Citibank, N.A. in following allegations that they violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by contacting consumers on their cellular telephones via an automatic telephone dialing system or using prerecorded voices . (CV 12-05038) The lawsuit includes “All persons within the United States who received a non-emergency telephone call from Citibank […]
Consumer Rights
According to Richard Cordray, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s director, “Debt collectors and credit reporting agencies have gone unsupervised by the federal government for too long.” Debt collection has been among the top consumer complaints to the Federal Trade Commission in recent years. , Experian Information Solutions Inc., Equifax Inc. and TransUnion, have records on 200 million […]
Consumer Rights
Chris Jay Hoofnagle and Jennifer M. Urban, both of Berkeley Law, and Su Li of Berkely’s Center for the Study of Law and Society, have written Privacy and Advertising Mail. Here’s the abstract: In this paper, we consider why Americans may frame the generation and receipt of unsolicited advertising mail as a privacy violation. We […]
Consumer Rights
Almost every day we hear of another vehicle recall, but no one really cares unless your car is in the “recall list”. A recall is a request to return to the manufacturer an entire production run of a certain make and model of vehicle, usually due to the discovery of safety issues. When this happens, car owners are requested […]
Consumer Rights
They may be illegal, too! Several class action lawsuits have been brought by consumers who are being harassed by debt collectors representing companies that they have never done business with and do not owe any money to. Even if you do owe the debt, it is a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, (TCPA) for those companies to contact you on your […]
Consumer Rights
A class action lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles after allegations that they violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). According to lead plaintiff Sayan Aboudi, he received numerous calls from T-Mobile attempting to locate a person by the name of Profit Walker. Mr. Aboudi informed them that they had the incorrect number, but the harassment persisted […]
Consumer Rights
Does Toyota’s $1 billion “sticky gas pedal” class-action lawsuit have you questioning the quality of your car? It is not just Toyota, Honda recently recalled over 800,000 vehicles with an issue that could cause them to slip out of park and roll away. Ford recently recalled over 89,000 Escapes and Fusions due to the danger […]
Consumer Rights
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Forest Laboratories following allegations that the pharmaceutical company sent junk faxes in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). St. Louis Heart Center Inc. v. Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al., Case No. 12-cv-02224, The lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit, allege they received 40 junk faxes from Forest Labs promoting its hypertension […]
Consumer Rights
Overspending or spending more than is coming in, is the #1 cause of people falling into Bankruptcy. Sometimes overspending is unavoidable due to emergencies and job loss, but many times it is due to people spending emotionally rather than rationally and ending up spending more than they have brought in. Once that happens it is difficult to get caught-up. […]
Consumer Rights
An $8 million settlement was granted by a federal judge, ending a workers compensation class action lawsuit brought by injured Walmart employees in Colorado. The plaintiffs alleged that Walmart, it’s adjuster Claims Management Inc (CMI) and Concentra Health Services hindered medical providers from making independent judgements on how to treat injured workers. Under the terms of […]
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