Consumer Protection

They call it helping veterans."They" are scammers, and Pennsylvania Attorney General-Elect Josh Shapiro says that, rather than being helpful, their actions are flatly "disgusting." And unlawful.Shapiro's focus on unscrupulous individuals and companies that prey upon...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sent its semiannual report to the Congress and president about consumer debt collection complaints and company responses to complaints. The CFPB is a federal agency assigned to consumer protection.According to the agency's...

A wonderful public servant, Paul Bland, who has helped me help my clients countless times, has published a must read article warning of some very dangerous betrayals. Please read and tell all of your friends and co-workers. Please take action. Please click through and...

In recent years, background checks have become commonplace when individuals here in Pennsylvania and around the country are seeking employment. However, there is a line that employers are not supposed to cross. Consumer protection laws such as the Fair Credit...

The story of a woman's death earlier this year was shocking. The 35-year-old was killed when a man trying to repossess her vehicle ran her off of the road. Her SUV slammed into a tree as she was being chased by the man who was driving a tow truck.The man was...

It could come crawling out of its crypt on Halloween, covered in cobwebs and dust. It is the zombie debt, and a financial expert warns that debt collectors may try to haunt you with the debt, though it might not actually be a valid debt for any number of reasons."As...

The first thing to know if you are contacted by a debt collector is to understand that you are not alone. According to the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau, a third of consumers have been contacted about debts in the past year alone.Of those contacted about a...

We expect that across the nation, debt collectors greeted the recent opinion of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals with groans and complaints. The interpretation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act increases the pressure on collectors to be honest with...

Technology makes it possible for you to read this Philadelphia consumer protection blog post from anywhere in the world. Technology also makes it possible for debt collectors to pursue alleged debts with a relentlessness that was previously impossible.A judge with the...

Seven in the morning is a little early for most of us to hear a knock on the front door. Rich Snapp didn't know the person banging on his door on a Wednesday morning nearly a year ago, and the stranger certainly didn't come bearing glad tidings. Instead, Snapp was...