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Information about the New Legal Services Benefit for UAW Members – or lack thereof
Having been a longtime attorney for UAW Legal Services Plans, I get asked by a lot of the UAW members and retirees about a new legal services benefit in the contracts with Ford, Fiat Chrysler and General Motors that were ratified in the Fall of 2015. In the Fall 2015, the automakers agreed to reinstate […]
Are you a Geico Insurance customer who has had a Geico check dishonored at PNC Bank?
If you have had a Geico refund check that you have had trouble cashing, you have company. The law relating to checks and drafts is complicated, but this is an area that we are looking into. If you have had this problem, please contact us.
Wonder why the Furniture You Ordered is Late – or Never Delivered – Blame China
For the past decade, I have handled a lot more calls from consumers who are unhappy because the furniture that they ordered is months late, or is never delivered at all. The problem seems to span all the major and most of the minor furniture retailers. The culprits: distance and container ships. Until 20 years […]
Do you have a Virgin Mobile Supreme Phone that is displaying an error message – “FTM” in a white box on the display? – Try this before a hard reset.
You may look on the web and read advice that you need to perform a hard reset and lose all the data on your phone – don’t believe them. Try this first: Remove the back cover of the phone, take out the battery for a few seconds, say 10, put back the battery, close the […]
Are you an Indiana Resident Who’s Being Sued on an American Express Charge Account?
We have some new theories for defenses (partial or total) on American Express claims. Please contact us for an evaluation.
Are First Data Global Leasing and Coastal Pay targeting Vietnamese Nail Salons for Rip-off Credit Card Processing Contracts?
There are about 17,000 nail salons in the United States. Nationally, 51% of the nail technicians are Vietnamese, and in some areas, like California, the percentage is much higher, perhaps 80% The workers in these salons are especially vulnerable, because they are not fully assimilated into US culture. Even the salon owners are vulnerable because […]
Nissan to Recall 2013-2015 Altimas for the THIRD TIME over Hood Latches
Nissan is recalling almost 1 million 2013-2015 Nissan Altima sedans because the hood latch could fail, and the hood could fly up and block the driver’s view of the road while in motion. This type of repeated recall can go a long way to making cars qualify for manufacturer’s buyback under the lemon laws of […]
Do you have a problem with a Recreational Vehicle built in Elkhart County, Indiana? We can help
Elkhart County, Indiana is the RV manufacturing capital of the United States. Elkhart county earned this reputation over the years by having a manufacturing base with skilled labor and a component supplier network located near the manufacturing hub. Most of the manufacturers in Elkhart county do good work and care about their customers. There are […]
An Excellent Q&A on Student Loans
Three of my NACA colleagues, Jay S. Fleischman, Joshua R.I. Cohen, and Adam Minsky, who practice mostly related to stduent loans, hosted a live question and answer session this week. They recorded the session and posted it to Youtube. I have mixed feelings about student loan cases. On the one hand, with student loan debt […]
Are you getting dunned for student loans on a college that closed or lost its accreditation?
I got a call from a former student of Ivy Bridge College, a college that lost its accreditation and closed in 2013. She is still being dunned for money. Borrowers often have defenses to these loans, but the defenses are often situation-specific. If you are being dunned for money on a loan for a college […]
