Alabama Consumer Law Blog
Covers news and events dealing with consumer law.
Author: Authors are two solo practitioners with offices in Birmingham: John Watts, of the Watts Law Group P.C., and Stan Herring, of M. Stan Herring P.C.
Blawg Related Categories: Consumer Law • States • Alabama • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Alabama Consumer Law Blog
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Request For Suggestions On Audio And Video Posts
While in the past we have put up some audio and video posts, we are making a concerted effort to add more audio and video to our blog. Please let us know by contacting us…
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Received Your Bankruptcy Discharge But Still Being Harassed About Discharged Debts? Must You Re-Open The Case?
Many Alabama consumers have made the hard decision of filing bankruptcy and then after going through it expect to be given the "fresh start" promised by federal law only to find that debt buyers and…
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Not All Managers Are Exempt From Overtime Pay
Over the years we have handled Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) cases where employees have not been properly paid overtime. It is often assumed that managers are "exempt" from overtime laws - the FLSA -…
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OJ Simpson Verdict - 13 Years Later Justice Is Served....
In a bizarre story (as if it wasn't strange enough), listen to this: In a city where luck means everything, O.J. Simpson came out the big loser — and his unlucky number in a case…
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Productivity Posts For Lawyers And Others
We will start posting some ideas and experiences we have with productivity tools, software, and websites. We have learned better ways of doing things over the last several years of having our own firms and…
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Errors On Credit Card Statements - What Alabama Consumers Should Do With The Fair Credit Billing Act
We just were this week contacted by an Alabama consumer who is dealing with false charges on her credit card bills. Unfortunately, this problem affects consumers across the country including those of us in Alabama.…
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Pulling Credit Reports - Make Sure And Include Innovis
We tell all clients to pull their credit reports from Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union. Now we also advise everyone to pull their report from the fourth major consumer reporting agency - Innovis. This agency…
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We Are Back To Blogging!
Due to some trials and travel schedules we have not been blogging recently but we are now back up and running. We appreciate your patience while we have been snowed under with work and travel.…
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Alabama Consumer Sues Harvest Credit Management For A Bogus Collection Suit
We recently filed suit on behalf of a Jefferson County resident who was sued by the debt buyer firm of Harvest Credit Management on a debt he did not owe. We successfully defended the consumer…
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Experian's "Free" (Or Not Free) Credit Reports
The California Credit Law Blog refers to the not so free credit reports that Experian is pushing: The NY Times reports that Experian is spending $70 million per years advertising its FreeCreditReport.com site where many…