Reuters is reporting that J.P. Morgan Chase agreed to pay $125 million to settle claims by 47 states, the District of Columbia and the CFPB that include charges that it used robosigners to sign affidavits in support of credit card law suits, generally suits brought by third party debt buyers. In addition there were claims […]

Medtech College (www.medtech.edu) is a multi-campus medical professions trade school with branches at: Atlanta-Marietta, Georgia Orlando, Florida Fort Wayne, Indiana Greenwood, Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana Lexington, Kentucky Silver Springs, Maryland Falls Church, Virginia Washington, D.C. What I have run across is a surprising number of collection suits against students pending in Lawrence Township Small Claims Court […]

I spent much of the day today reviewing records in Warren Township Small Claims Court.  I was looking at cases filed by Driver Solutions LLC against students at their truck driving schools from all over the country.  The unfairness of these contracts is just staggering, but not nearly as the unfairness of the litigation tactics […]

Lately I have been getting calls to  my landline from a blocked number.  The call is clearly auto-dialed with a pause before a live person .  on.  the call clearly comes from an overseas call center.  The person comes on the line with a generic American name and says he/she is from “geek support” and […]

The Federal Communications Commission issued new rules concerning robo-calling under the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act, or TCPA.  Among other things the TCPA provides remedies for consumers when they receive auto-dialed telemarketing or collection calls to their cellphone when the consumer has not given the caller permission. Under the TCPA, consumers have the right to sue […]

I received another call from a consumer who received a garnishment notice on an old judgment on Driver Solutions LLC.  Before I got that call, I thought those guys had been taught a lesson, being sued on a class action, paying the better part of a million dollars and forced to satisfy more than $56 […]

It’s been awhile since I updated the master list.  This is adapted from our client sheet so the formatting may be kind of crazy. If you are an Indiana resident OR if you were affected by misconduct originating in Indiana, please contact us at [email protected] Indiana Supreme Court probably considers this to be an ATTORNEY […]

Jaw operations for crossbite, TMJ and other conditions are routinely denied by insurance companies, and they are often excluded explicitly in policies, even policies that are somewhat generous in most other kinds of care.  We ran into a situation where United Health excluded a jaw operation.  Apparently, paying to fix peoples’ jaws will get in […]

Private student loans cannot be discharged in bankruptcy if the loan is originated by a not-for-profit company (I’m oversimplifying but this is the gist.)  Educap has created quite a niche for itself by being technically not-for-profit but still being lucrative for its principle players.  See this CBS news story.  Educap has been suing student loan […]

We just received word from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indianapolis that we defeated a motion to dismiss filed by Texas Credit Repair Organization, White Jacobs & Associates, Inc. A little background: most credit repair companies attract clients from all over the United States. They have contracts which they try […]