Artist Jessamyn Lovell recently created an art exhibit, “Dear Erin Hart,” a response to having her identity stolen by Erin Hart. “In an effort to piece together my transgressor’s crime spree, I documented relevant places, interviewed witnesses, hired a private investigator, and even photographed Erin Hart being released from jail. Through photography, video, and other
Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established the rules that address unsolicited telephone marketing calls including automated and prerecorded messages. For details about those rules, visit the FCC website. Last month the FCC clarified certain rules regarding marketing calls established by the TCPA. These clarifications should benefit consumers by
Unwanted Calls Results in $6.25 Million Class Action Lawsuit The case was brought on by a consumer who had received unsolicited calls from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to their cell phone. The insurer repeatedly called this person on his pay-per-call cell phone. The calls were via a predictive dialing service; some call this robo
New Rules Close TCPA Loopholes New rules have been put into place for those marketing and companies using loopholes to get around the current TCPA laws. There have been an astonishing amount of consumer complaints and tons of petitions and lawsuits, in fact last year alone; the FCC received over 215,000 complaints. Blocking RoboCalls The
Data Breaches Common It may be hard to believe, but data breaches are far more common than we’d like to admit or realize. In fact, in the last decade there have been at least 11 high profile data breaches in the US. This includes Target, Home Depot and Neiman Marcus. These are retail stores that
Article from Law360.com The case was filed by Angela Fuller, who claims that she lost out on a rental sales associate job with Avis in 2013 because a background check found that she got a $40 ticket for drinking a malt beverage as a passenger in a vehicle in North Carolina 28 years earlier, in
A recent case against a debt buyer was decided by a Missouri jury, awarding the a Kansas City woman almost $83 million. The offending company was Portfolio Recovery Associates, which was accused of harassing this woman for 15 months. The company was charged with violating the Fair Debt Collections Act. This violation cost the company
You’ve kept a close eye on your credit score. You’ve kept up on your annual credit reports at www.annualcreditreport.com. But you recently found a mistake listed on your credit report. This error has resulted in issues in many aspects of your life. Your car loan was denied, your upcoming promotion at the bank revoked, your
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania man recently sued a Florida debt collection firm alleging consumer law violations in 2014. John C. Pawlowski Jr., of Southampton, brought a class action complaint against United Tranzactions LLC (UTA), of Miramar, Fla., and Janet Eden in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 28, alleging
A few months ago, I brought my oldest daughter for an x-ray to have her sinuses checked. The process went smoothly and I paid my copay and went on with my day. A month or so went by and I received a letter in the mail from the lab company stating that I owed quite
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