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Consumer Rights

Allied Interstate Inc., reaches a $1.75 million settlement for FDCPA violations

Debt collection agency, Allied Interstate Inc., has agreed to a $1.75 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), following allegations that Allied Interstate violated the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) by trying to collect debts from people who did not owe the debts. The FTC also alleged that Allied Interstate made a practice of speaking to neighbors, co-workers and family members about consumers’ debts, even […]

Employment Law

What are the rules regarding tip-pooling in California?

It seems, as long as there have been waiters, waitresses and other service industry workers, there has been tip-pooling. For the protection of these service industry employees, California legislature passed a law in 1929, prohibiting employers from taking any portion of their employees’ tips. However, the law did permit employers to credit tips against employees’ wages, i.e., use tips in […]

Consumer Rights

Woman sues her apartment manager after explosion

Cherika Holley filed a personal injury lawsuit against her apartment’s management company, Lindsey Management Co. after the apartment manager, allegedly caused an explosion in the building by setting of an odor eliminator in a refrigerator that was actually designed to be used in a 10,000-cubic-foot room According to Holley, she was lying on her couch, watching television and napping, when […]

Employment Law

Merrill Lynch has reached a $12 million employment lawsuit settlement

Merrill Lynch has reached a $12 million settlement, ending an unpaid overtime class action brought by their employees who provided support services to brokers. According to the lawsuit, Merrill Lynch client associates were allegedly paid overtime based on an incorrect and low regular rate of pay and that Merrill Lynch failed to properly record and account for all […]

Personal Injury

Trucking company must pay over $1 million to an injured man that was struck by their truck

Michael LaFleur was awarded $1.5 million by a jury after being struck by a Conglobal tractor-trailer truck in an accident. According to LaFleur, he suffered a torn meniscus when he was struck by a Conglobal tractor-trailer while working at J.J. Flanagan Shipping’s chassis depot. After the accident he underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair the torn meniscus and needed physical therapy. Mr. LaFleur […]

Consumer Rights

Debt Collection Firm Shut Down For Violating The Law

McGavic & Finney PC, an Oregon debt collection law firm that had several complaints over its debt-collection tactics has been closed down under an agreement with Justice Department. Additionally, the settlement requires founding partner Derrick E. McGavic to pay $70,000 and surrender his license to practice law. According to the Attorney General’s office, McGavic & Finney specialized in representing national debt collectors that purchase […]

Personal Injury

Passenger awarded $2.9 million after suffering permanent injuries on a Carnival Cruise ship

Denise Kaba, 53, was awarded $2.9 million in her personal injury case against Carnival Cruises. According to Kaba, she slipped and fell on Carnival’s pool deck, fracturing her right patella. Her injury required open reduction and internal fixation, and five other surgeries, including a patellar tendon replacement with a cadaver allograft. Kaba claimed she remains […]

Consumer Rights

Four reasons to sue a debt collector in violation of the FDCPA

1. Most importantly, peace of mind! Make the debt collectors stop calling you in a harassing manner. Remember how nice it was to answer your phone without screening it first? Remember how peaceful it was before your phone began to ring 10+ times a day? Are you sick of telling the debt collectors to stop calling you, only to have them call […]

Consumer Rights

What is considered debt collector harassment?

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is the federal law that governs how debt collection agencies can operate. The FDCPA protects consumers from abusive debt collection practices by debt collectors. The Act gives consumers protection with regards to personal, family, and household debts, including money consumers owe on a personal credit card account, auto loan, medical […]

Consumer Rights

Leading Edge Recovery Solutions facing FDCPA and TCPA lawsuits

Leading Edge Recovery Solutions is being sued by a consumer that claims he received so many collection calls that he no longer answers his telephone out of fear, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Case No. 5:13-cv-00030 Leading Edge Recovery is accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which […]

Consumer Rights

I.C. Systems sued for calling 5 times a day regarding a debt that was already paid

Russell Fuller has filed a lawsuit against debt collector, I.C. Systems for allegedly making numerous calls to him in an attempt to collect on a debt that was already paid off, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Case No. 1:11-cv-00136 According to the Fuller, I.C. Systems began placing collection calls to […]

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