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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Texas has a lemon law. It applies to new cars, and gives you substantial legal rights against the manufacturer. A car is a lemon if it has been in the shop four or more times for the same problems, or two or more times if the problem is a safety defect. Click here for more.
Verizon Class Action Settlement Will Pay Maryland Customers $16.8 Million Instead of $156,000
Verizon customers across Maryland will now receive $16.8 million in compensation for illegal late fees charged by the company because Trial Lawyers for Public Justice and a team of consumer advocates challenged a proposed class action settlement that would have given them $156,000, and their lawyers $13 million. This relief will be paid within the next few weeks. Click here for more.
Product Liability Suits Going Down
After peaking in 2004, the number of total federal products liability lawsuits filed in the U.S. declined by 14% last year and is on pace to decline an additional 16% in 2006. The data was compiled with information gathered from the LexisNexis Market Intelligence database and released today by LexisNexis U.S. Click here for more.
Key Retail Merchandising Traps & 9 Tips for Consumers to Avoid Them
Every type of retail store has lures and tricks in place to get you to buy more, More, MORE than you ever intended to when you walked through its doors. But few other types of stores have perfected "merchandising" as well as the giant supermarket chains. Click here for more.
A scam pops up
Your first clue something's wrong is when you notice a random charge on your monthly credit-card statement, maybe as little as $9.95, paid to a company whose name draws a blank. You have no recollection of buying anything from any such company. And then, you discover that you hadn't noticed the same stinkin' $9.95 charge from the same company on your statement the month before, and the month before that, and ... well, you get the idea. Click here for more.
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Bond tool: What is my yield to maturity? Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Arbitrator and organization are immune from liability for bias. Arbitration awards may be challenged on appeal based on the bias of the arbitrator. A cause of action for damages, however, may not be brought against the arbitrator or sponsoring organization for bias or the failure to disclose a conflict. Click here for more.