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....
When there is a large group of plaintiffs that was similarly harmed -- perhaps due to toxic exposure in a Minnesota neighborhood, or due to an investment fraud scheme perpetrated by a big bank -- a class action lawsuit was the traditional way to seek financial...
You've fallen behind on your debts. Some of them have gone to collections. Now you're starting to get phone calls. Of course, they're annoying to you. They're frustrating. You didn't want to reach this point. But are they illegal? Below are seven examples of unfair...
Few small businesses can afford an advertising staff that is well versed as to how to market a product or service. Instead, many business owners have to rely on their own efforts to get the word out. It's at a time like this, when they're either stretched thin or...
Repossessions are a difficult topic for many people to think about. Losing an item that you purchased simply because you can't keep up with the payments is hard; however, when the item is wrongfully repossessed, you might feel even worse. We know that you probably...
The health insurance industry is fraught with instances of fraud. Sometimes, consumers commit white collar fraud against the insurance companies. Other times, it's the insurance companies committing fraud against the consumers. For example, imagine you receive a...
If you have fallen behind on your debts, you could wind up having your wages garnished by the court. But that is not a process that occurs overnight. Debtors typically have ample warning to avoid garnishment. Below are some arrearages that could cause you to be...