Have you purchased a swimming pool from Blue World Pools or Global Sun Pools and had problems? If so, we would love to hear from you. We are investigating Blue World Pools or Global Sun Pools and their business practices. Both of these companies advertise the purchase of a pool…
It is my hope in these trying times that creditors exercise restraint and avoid repossessions altogether. It seems like the right thing to do. Unfortunately, I am afraid that repossessions are still going to occur during the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. If you are reading this, you are probably either concerned…
The Indiana Consumer Law Group/The Law Office of Robert E. Duff announces the recent filing of a lawsuit against Tri-Force, Inc., UAR Direct, LLC and Ally Financial Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. The lawsuit alleges that agents of Tri-Force breached the peace…
PRESS RELEASE Indiana Consumer Law Group/The Law Office of Robert E. Duff announces the filing of a lawsuit against North Carolina-based American Lending Solutions Corp. and Indianapolis-based Last Chance Wrecker & Sales, Inc. concerning the wrongful repossession of a motor vehicle. ALS is a self-described “Skip Tracing/Repossession Management Firm” that…
On Thursday, September 18, I attended a field hearing the CFPB held in Indianapolis on auto finance. I also was invited to a private community roundtable meeting with Director Cordray prior to the hearing. I must say that I was extremely encouraged. I believe Director Cordray and the CFPB staff…
I have a personal story to tell. Recently I had a serious neck injury. I lost much of the use of my right arm because the nerve that controls the deltoid muscle coming from my spinal cord had been pinched where it passes through my cervical vertebrae. The first doctor…
National Consumer Protection Week is March 2-8, 2008. In honor of this highly publicized week (not), I am going to write today about the importance of being proactive rather than reactive. Whether the issue is a lawsuit by a debt collector, fraud perpetrated by an auto dealer, credit report errors…
Here’s another way to avoid buying a lemon vehicle. Don’t buy a car. Heck, don’t even own a car. On a recent flight back to Indiana, I picked up one of those in-flight magazines. In it was an article about Zipcar.com. Zipcar is a car sharing company. What is car…
Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter has issued a press release applauding the passage by the Indiana House and Senate of a measure that would make the Homeowner Protection Unit a permanent part of the Attorney General’s Office. The Homeowner Protection Unit was created as an experimental unit two years ago.…
I recently received an e-mail notice of the pending resolution of a class-action lawsuit against Experian, one of the big three credit reporting agencies. Experian had been sued “because of the way [they] advertised their credit scores and credit-monitoring products and because of certain information about credit that was contained…