Unfair debt collection is a troubling issue throughout the United States, and can cause a great deal of stress and worry among debtors. To try and reduce this problem, there is a law put in place called The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which has a large...
Getting a job has never been more complicated than it is now. Potential employers want to review your credit, your work history, your social media pages and even your criminal background. In addition to a resume, cover letter, references from professional...
If you are not so familiar with using the internet, or you are just beginning to get the hang of things, you may come across offers that seem too good to be true. The problem is that they usually are too good to be true. There are many practices on the internet that...
Civil asset forfeiture can happen when the police or other civil institution suspects that money or another asset has or is intended to be used for wrongdoing. For example, this could be a situation where a person is carrying a large sum of cash on their person for...
Most often when a person has been involved in a car accident, if there is a case, it will be a negligence claim aimed at another driver. However, sometimes, there is no person at the scene at fault, because the accident might have been caused by a car defect. In this...
A class action lawsuit is one in which the plaintiffs come together and sue defendants as a single group. As for the plaintiffs in a lawsuit like this, they share a commonality in that they all suffered a similar type of harm or loss. Class action lawsuits can be...
Maybe you've had a rough couple of months and fell behind on your credit card payments. Perhaps you had an emergency medical situation, and you can't pay the bill in full. If a creditor has turned over an account in your name to a debt collection agency, you could...
An internal report conducted in order to present to executives at Wells Fargo found that over 800,000 people were charged with unnecessary car insurance. This in turn reportedly led to around 25,000 wrongful repossessions of vehicles. The report found that Wells Fargo...
You may have purchased a product that you later found to be dangerous, caused injury or was not what was promised to you. In this situation, it is common to want to file legal action to recover losses that may have been financial, physical or emotional. This blog...
If you ever had your vehicle repossessed for non-payment, you know how frustrating it can be. The proliferation of repo reality shows may make for entertaining television, but in real life, repossession of a person's vehicle is traumatic — and sometimes illegal....