Its been over a year since Hollywood Video closed its last store, but that’s not keeping the company from trying to collect on over $200 million in alleged late fees. Hollywood Video has made a deal with National Credit Solutions, a debt collection agency, and is dunning consumers with collection letters and reporting late fees [...]
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HOLLYWOOD VIDEO LATE CHARGES ON YOUR CREDIT REPORT CAN KEEP YOU FROM GETTING CREDIT
Posted: December 2, 2011 by administrator in CREDIT DISPUTES, FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICESTags: Alabama attorney, Atlanta, birmingham, collection account error, Dallas, dispute debt, fair credit reporting act, FCRA, Florida, GEORGIA, Hollywood Video, jackson, Jacksonville, lawyer, mississippi, nashville, National Credit Solutions, Orlando, Tennessee, TEXAS
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FTC CRACKS DOWN ON PRE PAID PHONE CARD FRAUD
Posted: May 23, 2010 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUDTags: Alabama attorney, alabama law, consumer class action, phone card class action, Phone card fraud
The Federal Trade Commission continued its crackdown on fraud in the prepaid calling card industry, reaching a $500,000 settlement with New York-based Diamond Phone Card. “Unlike Diamond Phone’s ads, the FTC’s message here is clear,” said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz in a statement. “If you deceive consumers about the prepaid calling cards you’re selling, we [...]
BP Oil Encourages Alabama Residents Not to Hire Attorneys
Posted: May 3, 2010 by administrator in CLASS ACTIONS, CONSUMER FRAUDTags: Alabama attorney, Alabama Oil Spill Condo Lawsuit, Alabama oil spill lawyer, attorney, BP Lawsuit, BP Oil Spill, CLASS ACTION, Environmental Law, Gulf Coast BP Oil Spill Lawyer, Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Saturday, May 1, BP held a “public information meeting” as the Gulf’s largest oil spill headed into the northern Gulf Coast. BP held a town hall meeting and invited residents, fishermen and leaders of the south Alabama fishing town of Bayou La Batre - the same people that will economically damaged by the BP oil slick. BP seized the opportunity to [...]
BP OIL SPILL WARNINGS FOR GULF COAST
Posted: May 1, 2010 by administrator in UncategorizedTags: ALABAM LAWYERS, Alabama attorney, Alabama lawyer, Alabama Trial Lawyer, BP Lawsuit, BP Oil Spill, BP SLICK, OIL LAWYERS, Top Alabama Lawyer
The massive oil slick is creeping towards the Gulf Coast shoreline. Thousands of barrels of crude oil continue to leak into the Gulf of Mexico. The oil slick is expected to hit landfall along the Mississippi River Delta and other Gulf areas Saturday. The oil spill has taken a toll on sea life all along the Gulf Coast. Fishing and tourism has come [...]
Alabama BP Oil Spill Individual Lawsuits and Class Actions
Posted: April 30, 2010 by administrator in FCRATags: Alabama attorney, Alabama lawyer, Alabama Trial Lawyer, BP Lawsuit, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Oil Spill Attorney, Top Alabama Lawyer
We are investigating potential claims for clients that may have been damaged by the recent BP oil rig spill in the Gulf of Mexico. If you or your business (including property owners, condo owners, rental home owners, hotels, etc…) may have been damaged by the recent BP oil rig spill in the Gulf of Mexico, we are [...]
BP Oil Spill May Devastate Alabama Gulf Coast
Posted: April 27, 2010 by administrator in FCRATags: alabama, Alabama attorney, Alabama lawyer, attorney, BP Oil Spill, class action lawyers, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Oil Spill Attorneys
We are investigating the impact of the BP (British Petroleum) Oil spill may have on the Alabama Gulf Coast. The amount of environmental, commercial, and property damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is yet to be determined. The oil platform Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. As a result, the oil [...]
Nationwide Insurance Fraud Settlement
Posted: April 19, 2010 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUDTags: alabama, Alabama attorney, alabama law, Alabama lawyer, insurance fraud
Nationwide Insurance has agreed to a $6 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that accused the company of fraud and violating Ohio consumer protection laws. According to the suit, customers who paid semi-annually, quarterly or monthly were charged more than the maximum premium. The lawsuit will affect about 230,000 current and former Nationwide term-life insurance [...]
Securities Lawsuit Against ING Financial
Posted: April 17, 2010 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUDTags: Alabama attorney, Alabama lawyer, CONSUMER FRAUD, law, lawsuit, lawyer, securities fraud
A lawsuit has been filed against a Washington state securities broker that claims she lost a couples’ life savings in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. The lawsuit alleges that broker Rhonda Breard “lost a considerable sum” of the couples money under the guise of a new investment opportunity. Bread had violated regulatory laws before, and was [...]
FDA Issues Warning Letters to Companies
Posted: April 16, 2010 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUDTags: Alabama attorney, Alabama lawyer, CONSUMER FRAUD, FDA Warning Letters
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began cracking down on companies that claim exaggerated nutritional facts about their products and hide information about unhealthy contents. The FDA released 17 warning letters to various companies to make due on their promise to improve food information for customers. The warning letters bring into questions various claims, including those on products that [...]
Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Airlines Fixed Prices
Posted: March 27, 2010 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUDTags: air tran, Alabama attorney, Alabama lawyer, CLASS ACTION, delta, PRICE FIXING
Consumers have filed a class action lawsuit against Air Tran Airways and Delta Air Lines. The class action lawsuit alleges the airlines agreed to charge customers first bag fees and coordinated capacity cuts in Atlanta to support the increases in prices. The class action lawsuit also alleges Air Tran and Delta conspired together to raise prices. The class [...]