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How Secure Are Your Investments?

If you survived the financial meltdown of 2007-08, you understand that buying and selling securities is what Tom Cruise would refer to as Risky Business. Charlatans across the investment spectrum try to take investors for rides by offering financial scams...

May 20, 2017

Know Your Consumer Rights for Auto Repairs

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Know Your Consumer Rights for Auto Repairs

You have heard the horror stories. Consumers complain about taking a car in for basic repairs and returning to find the car inoperable. Car repairs represent one of the certainties of life, but finding the best mechanic is truly a...

May 20, 2017

False Advertising in California Under The CLRA

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False Advertising in California Under The CLRA

The California Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) covers more than a dozen unlawful business practices. False advertising represents one of the most litigated statutes of the CLRA. However, many California consumers do not know about the deceptive advertising strategies unsavory...

May 2, 2017

California Lemon Laws: What You Need to Know

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California Lemon Laws: What You Need to Know

California has passed multiple laws that protect consumers against unscrupulous merchants that sell inferior products and services. The California Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) covers most consumer products, from defective toasters to inoperable lawnmowers. However, the State of California has...

May 2, 2017

What Does The California Consumer Legal Remedies Act Cover?

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What Does The California Consumer Legal Remedies Act Cover?

Referred to by litigators as California Civil Code 1750, the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) proclaims numerous “methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result or which...

May 2, 2017

The California Consumer Legal Remedies Act: An Introduction

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The California Consumer Legal Remedies Act: An Introduction

The Los Angeles Watts riots of 1965 prompted several significant social, political, and legal changes. Based on the partially on the findings of the Kerner Commission in the aftermath of the Watts riots, the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA)...

May 2, 2017

The California Unfair Competition Law An In Depth Look

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The California Unfair Competition Law An In Depth Look

Codified under California law as Section 17200, the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) establishes the legal power of injunction to stop any business practice courts deem unfair, unlawful, and/or fraudulent. Accomplished attorneys that have litigated consumer protection laws under the statutes...

May 2, 2017

An Overview of California Unfair Competition Law

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An Overview of California Unfair Competition Law

The consequences of unfair business competition include commodity price manipulation, which rapidly drives up the costs of purchasing consumer goods. Although the United States government under the auspices of agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Food and...

May 2, 2017

Leave Me Alone: Two Important Do Not Call Laws

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Leave Me Alone: Two Important Do Not Call Laws

Do you remember the evenings meals when you expected the phone to ring the moment you moved your fork full of grandma’s secret macaroni and cheese recipe to your lips? Those were the good old days for telemarketers who cared...

May 2, 2017

The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility And Disclosure Act

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The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility And Disclosure Act

Consumer complaints against credit card companies prompted Congress and the Obama administration to pass the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD) of 2009. Years of widespread confusing terms and false advertising led to a bill that contains several...

May 2, 2017