by Carol Thompson The Federal Trade Commission has stopped an online scheme that allegedly lured consumers with “free” access to their credit scores and then billed them a recurring fee of $29.95 per month for a credit monitoring program they never ordered. Three...
by Carol Thompson A California resident lost an arbitration case and was forced to pay nearly $90,000 in legal fees for the opposing party, an amount that was close to the amount he had been seeking to recover. It wasn’t until long after that it was learned that...
by Carol Thompson Online retail stores earning over $1 million in sales may soon have to begin charging sales tax to customers, no matter where they live. Federal authorizes believe the Marketplace Fairness Act could reap states between $3 billion and $23 billion...
by Carol Thompson Each year, hundreds, if not thousands, of people who have a dispute with a company or employer find themselves in arbitration, often unwittingly because they didn’t read the fine print in a contract or service agreement. Arbitration is...
by Carol Thompson It’s up to the parties of an arbitration to carefully research the background of the arbitrator who will be hearing the case, according to the courts and the largest arbitration organization in the United States–the American...
by Carol Thompson Arizona State University, known to be one of the largest, if not the largest, partying college in the nation, is situated in close proximity to Tempe’s famous Mill Avenue District. Earlier this month, the area was rebranded- downtown Tempe- or...
by James O’Connor Today marks the 51st anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Most everyone alive in 1963, and old enough, remembers where they were the day the president was gunned down while visiting Dallas. There was much...
by Editorial Staff President Barack Omaba’s announcement of his immigration program has sparked a flurry of Internet commentary, both for and against. The president has offered temporary relief from deportation to the parents of U.S. citizens and permanent...
by Carol Thompson The ferocious snowstorm that pelted the Buffalo, New York area left hundreds stranded on the thruway. Most of those vehicles have now been cleared, according to a Thruway official and efforts are reportedly underway to free about 100 remaining...
by C.J. McKinney Carole Hinders runs a little Mexican restaurant in Iowa called Mrs. Lady’s Mexican Food. She’s been in business for nearly forty years. But when the IRS seized her bank accounts in 2013 and left her business in ruins, this law-abiding...
