I have seen a  number of articles lately about removing one’s self from information aggregation websites like mylife.com and spokeo.com.  I even experimented with removing myself.  My first impression is that it’s a waste of time, and I’m not sure it’s worth the effort, and I’ll tell you why. In the United States at least, […]

One of the most troubling cases that I’ve seen in a long time involved a report of a mistaken identity body attachment arising from a small claims court case in Gary City Court, a small claims case in Lake County, Indiana (near Chicago). We have seen bench warrants issue in Gary City Court for debts […]

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Probably THE hot area in consumer law right now is the TCPA, the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act.  Among other things, the TCPA prohibits auto-dialed calls to personal cell phones for commercial purposes without prior written consent, and each call that violates the TCPA can bring damages of $500-1500. One of the thorniest issues involves consent […]

It has often been said that Donald Trump wanted to become President; he didn’t really want to BE President. That of course explains why he had no true policy plans. To the extent that he had policies, they were half-baked or completely raw. No sooner did he get into office than the scandals started mounting, […]

There is a surprisingly non-partisan case up in the United States Supreme Court right now, Impression Products v Lexmark, the Supreme Court is considering whether Impression Products has the right to refill and sell patented Lexmark inkjet printer cartridges.  The general rule in patents is once a company with a patent sells a covered product, […]

The New York Post recently published an article about a troubling phenomenon that I have not seen anywhere else in the mainstream press, and that is the rise of nonbank servicers (NBS) handling home mortgages. I ran into this first a number of years ago with Ocwen Home Servicing. Ocwen got slapped pretty hard in […]

My most popular post ever on this blog had to do with LSF9 Master Participation trust. I have been contacted by numerous people who either are facing foreclosure on an LSF9 Property or want to buy a distressed LSF9 property.  It has gotten to the point where these calls are interfering with my business.  Still, […]

This morning I got up, and I put on Old Spice deodorant.  This afternoon I handled an intake from a person who claimed fairly serious injuries relating to Old Spice deodorant.  I wondered whether this is an isolated occurrance, so I googled “old-spice deodorant (injured or injuries) and came up with 1.47 million hits. Proctor […]

My most popular posts in this blog have been about Loan Star Funds, and in particular its LSF9 Master Participation Trust fund and its servicer Caliber Home Loans.  I’ve gotten emails from more people than I can count, and almost all of them are complaining that they can’t get a hold of anyone at Caliber […]