Not exact matches
ALLi is
right to try to create carefully juried awards with fearlessly high standards, not least to communicate to the wider industry and readership that self - publishing authors are working to raise the
bar and to help
consumers identify the best.
The agency has also released a new publication, «Time -
Barred Debts: Understanding Your
Rights When It Comes to Old Debts,» to help
consumers better understand what to do about old debts.
[FN11] The major practical ramifications of this act include a requirement for credit repair organizations to provide
consumers with a written contract [FN12] containing significant disclosures, [FN13] cancellation
rights for
consumers, [FN14] and a
bar on advance payments for credit repair services.
We're talking about the mass
consumer rejection of crackers, ice cream, dog food / biscuits, cookies, nutrition, diet, and candy
bars, cookie dough, and yes, although I hate to say this with February 14th just
right around the corner, boxes of Valentine candy.
Shortly I will release my
Consumer Credit materials and I plan to produce a Tort resource of about 400 A4 pages online for the new year... then... (I Hope) Constitutional / Human
Rights for next May... that should keep me out of the
bars.....!
Richard has served as the Co-Chair of the eLawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section, a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Manaegement, a member of the Board of ResponsiveLaw, the nation's leading
consumer legal
rights organization, and a member of Council of the Law Practice Management Division of the American
Bar Association.
Of course, strong kudos to the Supreme Courts of both the states of Ohio and West Virginia are also appropriate, as their willingness to stand up to their colleagues in the
bar and do the
right thing for
consumers in these cases is crucial.
The justice
consumer's lack of awareness regarding where to turn to solve what ultimately are legal issues, in part, represents a failure of the
bar to educate the public on how the
bar can assist them to assert their legal
rights or how they can otherwise address the challenges which they face.
The Act
bars companies offering credit repair services from demanding advance payment, requires that credit repair contracts be in writing, and gives
consumers certain contract cancellation
rights.