Frequent readers of our Philadelphia consumer protection law blog know that our focus is on ways in which city residents can be protected from fraud, scams and abuse. We read recently of an abusive debt collector who is being sought by a state's attorney general for...
Identity theft is on the increase in Philadelphia and across the nation. We read recently of an ID theft victim who has not only had to spend much time and energy undoing the damage of the original crime, but is now also having to contend with an abusive debt...
As you age, do you feel progressively more vulnerable regarding your potential for being ripped off in a consumer-related scam? That would be only natural, given the sheer proliferation of fraudulent schemes in recent years and the very evident efforts of bad-faith...
United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor recently said she had "a great deal of trouble" with a business model involving the purchase of consumer debt. Sotomayor and the rest of the court heard a case this week revolving around a firm that purchases...
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...
I am very happy to report that the FBI has arrested a VW executive. The NY Times reports that the FBI accuses "him of playing a central role in a broad conspiracy to keep United States regulators from discovering that diesel vehicles made by the company were...
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...
Several news outlets, including the Philadelphia Business Journal, recently reported that SETPA was hit with a law suit claiming that it conducted improper criminal background checks on employment applicants and rejected applicants based on information in these...
There has been a recent development that shows just how important is good regulation in combatting Dealer Fraud. Some time ago, AutoNation, the nation's largest new vehicle retailer, announced that it would not sell any vehicles, new or used, unless and until all...