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Are over-eager salespeople still calling you? Maybe you forgot to sign up for the National Do Not Call List. Follow the link to keep your name off of their lists. Click here for more.
Don't get blitzed by super bowl scams
Super Bowl 50 is rapidly approaching, but you should be careful in buying a ticket, especially if the deal is too good to be true. Scammers often swarm around the Big Game and sell counterfeit tickets to unwitting fans. They may even use online classified ads or fake versions of legitimate websites to steal your payment and personal information. Falling for one of these fake ticket scams can cost you significant money and additional headaches due to identity theft. Fortunately, the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission have put together some tips to avoid possible disaster.
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This past Sunday was the final deadline to sign up for health insurance coverage for this year under the Affordable Care Act. Those who didn't make the deadline will most likely have to wait until the fall, without option for an extension, and their health coverage won't start until 2017. In addition, they may have to pay the penalty for not having coverage for this year, which is $695 per adult, or 2.5 percent of household income, whichever is greater. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
After a dispute about the ownership of two deceased song writers’ music arose, the parties agreed to arbitration. The losing party, unhappy with the ruling, unsuccessfully moved to vacate the arbitration award on the ground that the panel had committed legal errors that made it impossible for him to present a winning case by applying the Dead Man’s Statute, which disqualifies parties interested in litigation from testifying about personal transactions or communications with deceased or mentally ill persons.” The Third Circuit affirmed, stating that the arbitrators did not misapply the law, but that legal error alone is not a sufficient basis to vacate the results of an arbitration in any case. Whitehead v. Pullman Group LLC Click here for more.