| Volume 141 Number 22 |
Subscribe to the Newsletter
Forward this news alert to your family and friends
Helpful Links
Texas Consumer Complaint Center
Credit Reports and Identity Theft
Your Guide to Small Claims Court
Contact Us
1-713-743-2168
The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Donating wisely after a disaster. All of us want to help our friends and neighbors after a natural disaster, but unfortunately, scammers exploit such tragedies and appeal to your sense of generosity. How can you protect yourself? Click here for more.
Buffalo Wild Wings may put sports betting on the menu
Sports bar chain Buffalo Wild Wings says it is exploring the possibility of offering legal sports betting at its restaurants. A patron could order a beer, a plate of nachos, and put $10 on the Patriots to cover the spread. A spokesperson for the company told ESPN the May Supreme Court ruling allowing states to legalize betting on sporting events has presented new opportunities to a restaurant where patrons often go to watch games on TV. The 6-3 Supreme Court ruling overturned a 1992 federal law called the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). That law blocked states from sponsoring, operating, advertising, promoting, licensing, or authorizing sports gambling. Click here for more.
Your Money
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2 percent in July, putting the inflation rate for the last 12 months at 2.9 percent, slightly above the Federal Reserve's target. July's increase in the cost of living was led by the cost of putting a roof over your head. The shelter index jumped 0.3 percent last month, accounting for nearly 60 percent of the seasonally adjusted monthly increase in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' all items index. Food costs were up by a more modest amount last month while energy prices were sharply lower. Consumers' paychecks were mostly the same last month. Real average hourly earnings for all employees were unchanged from June to July on a seasonally adjusted basis. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Debt buyer is a debt collector under FDCPA. The Third Circuit reviewed the Supreme Court decision in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., 137 S. Ct. 1718 (2017), and held that a debt buyer may be a debt collector under the FDCPA if it meets the “principal purpose” definition. Tepper v. Amos Financial, (3rd Cir) Click here for more.