Consumer Alerts

Credit reports play a huge role in our lives and impact whether we can purchase big items, like a house or car – and at what interest rate. It is no secret that poor credit can make your financial life more difficult, and it often takes years to recover. However,…

By DAVID LAZARUS BUSINESS COLUMNIST  MARCH 19, 2021 5 AM PT The Founding Fathers believed your right to a jury trial is so important, they enshrined it in Article III of the Constitution. In 1791, “the right to a speedy and public trial”…

Have you met the Trump voter who says, “The reason that I pulled the lever for the President was that I was hoping that he would make it easier for scam artists to steal my life savings, the way it is in China?” I have not, either. The Post’s story today…

On Jan. 1, 2018, Tennessee became the first and only state in the U.S. to enact a law that eases restrictions against automobile dealers who profit from selling recalled vehicles to consumers without first performing safety recall repairs. Under HB0141,…

By Jennifer Bennett Staff Attorney As we’ve talked about before on this blog, what you don’t know can hurt you. Take Harvey Weinstein, for example, who was allegedly sexually harassing—and then blackballing—women in Hollywood for at least twenty years…

A class action lawsuit is a claim filed by a group of people who have suffered identical or similar injuries and are suing the same person or corporation. The purpose of a class action lawsuit is to speed up the trial process by hearing all cases at once. Often…

A recent settlement in a class action lawsuit involving Forjas Taurus pistols provides an important reminder of why class action lawsuits are so important for protecting consumers and holding corporations liable for injuries to consumers. A class action…

Volkswagen (VW) has agreed to pay $4.3 billion in penalties and plead guilty to three felony charges as part of a settlement deal related to its fraudulent diesel emissions scheme. The VW scandal affected approximately 590,000 vehicles in the U.S. that…

A federal judge has approved a $14.7 billion settlement in Volkswagen’s emissions cheating case. The settlement was approved on Tuesday and became the largest in U.S. automotive history after Volkswagen deceived regulators with software that fabricated…

Since 2007, Ob-gyn Dr. Michael Fields has been documenting the complaints of women who have used the birth control implant, Essure. Over 5,000 women have filed grievances, which have been logged into a national database. As a result of these complaints…