Sentences with phrase «including consumer protection cases»

We also handle other types of civil litigations, including consumer protection cases, such as actions against trade schools and corporations that commit wrongdoing.

Not exact matches

The field includes Comptroller Kevin Lembo, former Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan Harris, Middletown Mayor Dan Drew, Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and Chris Mattei, a former federal prosecutor who specialized in public corruption cases.

Protecting Consumers Utilizing Reverse Mortgages: Often utilized by seniors, protections include settlement conferences in cases where the default was triggered by the death of the last surviving borrower and allowing the last surviving borrower's spouse or successor who has a claim to ownership to engage in settlement conference.

Creditors may even be abusing and violating your consumer rights, and therefore in some cases, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act Protection is included.

The primary consumer protection problem areas that have given rise to the States» actions include: (1) unsubstantiated claims of consumer savings; (2) deceptive representations about the length of time necessary to complete a debt relief program; (3) misleading or failing to adequately inform consumers that they will be subject to continued collection efforts, including lawsuits, and that their account balances will increase due to extended nonpayment under the program; (4) deceptive disparagement of consumer credit counseling; (5) deceptive disparagement of bankruptcy as an alternative for debtors; (6) lack of screening and analysis to determine suitability of debt relief programs for individual debtors; (7) the collection of substantial up - front fees so the debt relief company gains even if it fails to perform; (8) lack of transparency and information for consumers as to payment of fees, status of accounts, and communications with creditors; (9) significant delays in active negotiation or engagement with creditors, coupled with prohibitions on direct consumer communications with creditors; and (10), in the case of debt settlement companies, basing savings claims (and settlement fees) not on the original account balance, but on the inflated amount due (including late fees and default rates of interest) at the time of settlement.

She focuses her trial practice on complex commercial cases including antitrust, consumer protection, contract, business tort and class action matters.

Her practice includes antitrust, business torts, class action, consumer protection, constitutional, contracts, False Claims Act, securities, trade secrets and other cases.

The cases summarized include medical malpractice, car accidents, insurance, consumer protection, attorney malpractice, lead paint poisoning, premises liability, and other personal injury cases.

Ella focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, including bankruptcy litigation and cases involving the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Florida Consumer Protection Act.

46 Lastly, in any event, the case - law shows that the importance of the objective of consumer protection, which therefore includes the protection of air passengers, may justify even substantial negative economic consequences for certain economic operators (Nelson and Others, paragraph 81, and case - law cited).

Since joining the firm as a law clerk in 2013 and an attorney in 2015, Mr. Simon has focused on complex class action litigation, including antitrust, product defect, and consumer protection cases.

As one of the country's fastest growing personal injury law firms, Morgan & Morgan has helped thousands of clients in various personal injury cases, including consumer protection, medical malpractice, car accidents, slip and falls, and nursing home abuse.

There, he represented aggrieved individuals, investors and employees in a wide variety of contexts, including toxic torts, consumer protection and wage and hour cases.

Since joining the firm in 2014, Mr. Shiftan has focused on complex class actions, including antitrust, sports, product defect, wage and hour, and consumer protection cases.

Additionally, consumer protection issues include cases that address economic losses often related to security breaches like data breaches, or defective products.

Our firm handles a wide variety of cases including personal injury claims, wrongful death suits, insurance disputes, employment discrimination, retaliation, overtime and wage claims, contract claims, products liability claims, consumer protection claims, and other legal matters.

Kristine Maher represents corporate clients in a variety of commercial litigation matters, including Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation and class action cases involving claims under various state consumer protection laws and federal laws such as the civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

Our cases involve a variety of federal, state and common law matters, including cases covered by the Virginia Consumer Protection Act, the Virginia Uniform Commercial Code, and the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act.

Barley, who is also responsible for consumer protection, says she wants «comprehensive information» from Facebook, including on «whether German user accounts are affected, and what Facebook plans to do to prevent a repeat of such cases.»

I spent nearly four years as director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, where I worked on several hundred enforcement cases — including the FTC's enforcement case against Facebook — and many more investigations.

Buyers in several states, including Ohio and Michigan, have filed lawsuits against Harbour, and such cases have prompted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to begin investigating the practice.