Not long ago, I wrote about a company called Driver Solutions, LLC, which was suing students from all over the country in Indiana no matter where they signed their contracts.  I was just made aware of a class action settlement giving relief to these consumers, even if a judgment was entered against them.  The law […]

I’m looking into a complaint that I received from a senior citizen about a company called eMentoring, which looks to be associated with another company called eMillionaire, which in tern appears to be a trade name of a company called ADM Ventures.  The company targets vulnerable people, especially seniors, with a variety of pitches to […]

Medical debt on credit reports is a huge problem in the United States.  Small medical debts cause large unnecessary harm to the credit rating of millions of Americans. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau just issued a press release about the problems with medical debts on consumer credit reports.  According to the CFPB, over 52% of all […]

I missed it when it first came out, but the United States Supreme Court decided an important employment law case this week, Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Brusk. Full disclosure: I haven’t read this case, and I’m not planning to.  From the write-up in The Daily Kos, I don’t have the stomach to read it. […]

On paper, the Volkswagen Jetta Sportswagen TDI looks like one of the best combinations of power, room, cargo utility and fuel economy, and at a reasonable price, but we are working on a case where the buyer of a Sportswagen has had confounding problems with the Diesel Particulate Filter system.  The problem is complex but, […]

The recent failure to indict the police officers involved in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner got me thinking about the grand jury system in Indiana.  In Indiana, a prosecuting attorney can bring any criminal case through the filing of information (a criminal complaint) or through a grand jury indictment.  In Indiana, 5 […]

Back in 2011, the common practice of creditors forum shopping in Marion County Small Claims Court made national news in the Wall Street Journal.  We’ve made some headway thanks to the efforts of attorneys like Daniel Edelman (who successfully got a Court of Appeals ruling that debtors must be sued in the township where the […]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is examining the problems people are having with student loans. The most pressing problem is that student loans cannot be discharged in bankruptcy most of the time. This can leave desperate borrowers with no workable solutions.  The worst problems are with private student loans. Often the private student loans have […]

I actually read the rental car coverage provided with my business American Express Card, and I was somewhat surprised by the exclusions. I wasn’t surprised that off-road use wasn’t covered, but I was surprised that any rental vehicle with an MSRP over $50,000 was excluded. All “exotic” cars were excluded including Toyota Supra.  (How many […]

If you read the post below, you will see that I’m really angry at Wal-Mart for effectively cutting the pay and worsening the working conditions of already put-upon workers.  I thought about it, and the best think I can do is offer my time to Wal-Mart workers for free.  If you are a Wal-Mart worker […]