The college debt crisis isn't just confined to students. Even parents are drowning in debt, having taken out expensive loans to put their kids through college. One big difference is that students often trade those loans and that debt for the prospect of one day...
False advertising is a real issue, and it's one that has misled countless consumers over the years. It's illegal for a reason. It tricks people into buying products they never would have purchased otherwise. But what about exaggerations? Can an ad exaggerate the...
If you have been receiving reduced pay when you get your pay check, you may notice that certain fees have been taken out of your pay check by debt collection companies. You may be shocked by this and wonder whether it is even a legal practice. Unfortunately, wage...
Falling behind on payments can happen for all kinds of reasons. Maybe you got hit really badly with this season's flu and ended up missing work well beyond what your paid leave covers. Perhaps you experienced an accident that resulted in massive medical bills, missed...
Consumer fraud changes swiftly with the development of new technologies and scamming trends. Therefore, it is important that consumers keep up to date on the types of crimes they are likely to fall victim to in 2018. Consumer fraud is quite a broad term that is...
Recently, Tommy Lyons was involved in a case in Eastern Wisconsin, a credit union agreed to pay 381 class members in the settlement. The funds that weren't claimed were given to a local Legal Group in Milwaukee that provide legal services for those that would normally...
Last week, the Ford Motor Company announced that they were recalling 365,000 automobiles that were manufactured here in North America. This is the third recall that has been linked to exploding Takata airbags that have been attributed to at least 18 deaths. In this...
You may think of false advertising as a relatively minor problem, like a white lie. Many companies clearly look at it this way, considering how many lawsuits are started after they make false claims. The reality is that these are very serious cases that definitely...
Having any of your assets repossessed because of debts that you owe can be confusing, frustrating and heartbreaking. You worked hard to acquire all that you have, and it likely seems completely unfair that someone is now taking some of it away from you. If you are in...
Individual credit reports are used for more purposes today than they were only a few decades ago. Credit reports at one time only had an impact on banking and the ability to obtain credit, such as a mortgage, a vehicle loan, a credit card or a personal loan. A poor...