The Indiana Consumer Law Group was blessed in 2008 with many excellent clients, for which I am very grateful. I believe that we obtained justice for some, yet for others obtaining justice is a work in progress. I hope that 2009 will see many continued victories, but mostly I pray…
I received a press release the other day – why, I’m not sure – about a company offering new technology to law firms. Here is how it was described: “Technology Company Offers Voice Recognition Solution with Settlement Overtures to Reduce Operational Burden of Collection Attorneys.” Did you get that? If…
Almost every new car has a couple of kinks that need to be fixed, but after you have a few miles on your new vehicle, you expect it to run like a charm – and it should. But what can you do when your new ride has a serious defect…
Indiana radio station WIBC FM 93.1 is focusing on identity theft this week on their Morning News Program. I was interviewed this morning for the program and had a great time speaking with Terri and Jake about my experiences assisting victims of identity theft. I appreciate them taking the time…
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…
Within the last week, the Associated Press reported that a lady who won a car on the game show “The Price is Right” had filed a lawsuit against the game show, CBS Broadcasting and the dealer who sold her the car. Back in 2004, she won a new 2004 Pontiac…
I just read a letter to the editor of a Henderson County, North Carolina newspaper on the dangers of arbitration agreements. Having seen the impact of mandatory arbitration agreements, I couldn’t agree more with the writer’s comments. Here is a reprint of the letter in its entirety: Published Friday, September…
Indiana’s new security freeze law goes into effect September 1, 2007. Here’s what the Indiana Attorney General’s Office says about the new law: What is a security freeze? A ‘security freeze’ is a new consumer right provided by Indiana law. Placing a security freeze on your credit reports can block…
A couple of months ago, the United States Supreme Court issued what will no doubt become a landmark opinion in the FCRA litigation arena. That case, Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. Burr, clarified for all the courts in the land, including the Seventh Circuit (that had wrongly imposed a…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit decided the case of Heather Gillespie and Angela Cinson v. Equifax Information Services, L.L.C. on May 3, 2007. The case contains some language of which every FCRA/Consumer lawyer in the United States should be aware. Plaintiffs in this case claimed…