| Volume 144 Number 22 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) 2021 is here. NCPW is a time when the FTC joins with local, state, and national partners to bring you information and advice on scams, identity theft, and other consumer protection issues.
Here’s a preview of some events you can join: Click here for more.
Beware of phony COVID-19 vaccine websites, officials say
Fraudsters have decided to play on the lack of cohesive information on how and where to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
Desperate Americans have been going everywhere from Google and Facebook to their local drugstore or grocery stores to try to find out where and how they can get vaccinated. Fraudsters have picked up on the confusion and are building out counterfeit websites posing as legitimate pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Moderna to try to snare some easy money for themselves. Click here for more.
Your Money
You don't get to use all the money in your traditional 401(k) and IRA for retirement because you still have to pay taxes on it. However, there are several ways to minimize taxes as you pull money out of your retirement accounts. Consider these strategies to decrease the tax bill on your retirement account withdrawals. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Debt Collector’s failure to include warnings about partial payments does not violate Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. A Texas U.S. District court held that the language: "The law limits how long you can be sued on a debt. Because of the age of your debt, we will not sue you for it. If you do not pay the debt, we [CCI] may report or continue to report it to the credit reporting agencies as unpaid." does not violate the FDCPA simply because it does not include a statement in the letter warning that a partial payment could revive the timebarred debt. Christie v. Contract Callers, Inc., Civil Action No. 4:20-cv-00518-P, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33088, at *11 (N.D. Tex. Feb. 23, 2021) Click here for more.