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3 May 2011, 11:30 am
To find a program in your community, you might want to start with your state or local government's website. [read post]
30 Apr 2011, 8:25 pm
Courts now offer their own automated self-help legal forms, legal aid agencies publish state-wide legal information web sites and also distribute automated legal forms, legal form web sites give away legal forms for free as a way to generate traffic, small claims court limits have been raised in many states, and lawyers are delivering "unbundled legal services" and creating virtual law firms, figuring out ways to deliver legal services… [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 11:01 am
Lowenstein then displays ignorant prejudice masquerading as righteous consumer populism. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 7:47 pm
Now, you have to understand that, at the time, I was devoting my weekends to driving around Southern California conducting on-camera interviews with homeowners who either had already saved their homes from foreclosure, or were in the process of trying to get their loans modified, and the reoccurring theme was coming across loud and clear: “We tried contacting our bank on our own for a year and got nowhere, so we hired a law firm or mortgage expert company for $3,000, give or take, to… [read post]
24 Apr 2011, 4:18 am
In fact, the California Department of Real Estate and a number of District Attorneys across the nation have issued warnings to consumers of scam operations making promises of extraordinary home mortgage relief. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 6:00 am
Time consuming? [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 10:52 am
In California, a bill is moving through the legislature that would make California "the first state to require car rental companies to pull vehicles out of service when they receive notice of a safety recall. [read post]
18 Apr 2011, 1:47 pm
• The Commerce Department has released a green paper describing a need for a “Dynamic Privacy Framework,” including a Privacy Policy Office, emphasis on transparency and simplicity of privacy notices, global cooperation and parity in information laws, and a federal security breach notification law, possibly similar to California’s SB 1386 • United States v. [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 5:11 am
Arts and sports—some states don’t allow disaffirmance by child actors etc. without going to court; California doesn’t allow disaffirmance of contract to create copyrightable work without going to court. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 2:20 pm
Additionally, a number of former executives at financial service companies and financial institutions have been indicted and are awaiting trial. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 12:47 pm
According to the state controller, redevelopment agencies consume about 12% of all state-wide property taxes—money that would otherwise go to critical public services. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 2:59 am
In 2010, the accumulated acreage of biotech crops in the United States and across the globe hit a milestone: 1 billion hectares, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications.A hectare is equivalent to 2.47 acres.At the same time, consumers are increasingly choosing organically grown foods and products. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 7:35 pm
In California, disputes about State professional and occupational licenses are heard by an Administrative Law Judge, or ALJ, employed by the State of California, Department of General Services, Office of Administrative Hearings. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 3:59 pm
Consumer should not eat recalled cantaloupes and restaurant and food service operators should not serve them. [read post]
27 Mar 2011, 8:24 am
And FICO scores are available through all major consumer reporting agencies in the United States and (Canada): Equifax, Experian, TransUnion, and (PRBC), according to an up-to-date posting on Wikipedia. [read post]
26 Mar 2011, 7:24 pm
According to the state controller, redevelopment agencies consume about 12% of all state-wide property taxes—money that would otherwise go to critical public services....Palm Desert’s redevelopment agency proposed to eliminate so-called blight by spending nearly $17 million on revamping a municipal golf club that remains one of the nation’s premier golfing locales.In the 12 years I’ve spent reporting on this issue,… [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 7:16 pm
California and the other 49 states have joined together to fight lenders against inefficient, impersonal and predatory lending practices. [read post]
22 Mar 2011, 9:05 am
Generally, I think prospective students and consumers would be better off if schools, and States Bars, picked their own paths. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 7:31 am
American Banker is Reporting: “Lack of Leadership” is Problem with Servicer Settlement Negotiations Here’s how this story from American Banker (“AB”) kicks off: “As state and federal officials struggle to reach a global settlement with the largest mortgage servicers over problems in the foreclosure process, regulators have grown frustrated with the lack of leadership on their side, saying no one is making an effort to corral the… [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 10:40 am
Lessons learned—what state AGs are looking for: material limitations should be clearly and conspicuously disclosed to consumers. [read post]
