| Volume 111 Number 6 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
You probably carefully review your credit card bill each month for fraudulent charges, but do you review your phone bill? If you don’t you could be paying for something you never requested and don’t want. Many phone-related companies places charges on a phone bill for a service you didn’t request and don’t want. You must catch it and complain. Most phone service providers promptly remove the charge once you make it clear you never authorized it.
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Jet Blue First US Airline to Resume Flights to Cuba
Friday Jet Blue Airlines began direct charter flights between New York and Cuba, becoming the first major US airline to resume flights to Cuba after decades. The recent easing of travel restrictions to Cuba, and the Obama administration's decision to renew diplomatic ties, encouraged Jet Blue to establish the routes before other airlines saw the same opportunity.
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Your Money
Who cares about your credit score? Turns out it’s not just important in getting a loan. Follow this link to discover who else uses your credit score to make decisions that might affect you. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals potentially expanded the scope of actionable conduct under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) to include communications directed to a debtor’s attorney. While the court held that it may be a high bar to establish a violation, litigation related activities are not exempted from coverage under the FDCPA. Miljkovic v. Shafritz and Dinkin, P.A., et al., No. 8:14-cv-00635-VMC-TBM, 2015 WL 3956570 (11th Cir. 2015). Click here for more.