Consumer Law

Identity Theft Again Leads FTC Complaints
Identity theft once again led the annual list of top consumer complaints to the Federal Trade Commission. Of 1,339,265 complaints received by the FTC in 2010, 250,854 - or 19% - were related to identity theft, the 11th straight year...

Top 10 Consumer Complaints
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released its list of the top ten categories of consumer complaints received by the FTC in 2010. For the eleventh straight year, identity theft tops the chart...

FTC: Identity Theft Top Complaint in 2009; Potential Data Breach
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued its annual report on consumer complaints filed in the last 12 months (summary available here, for the complete report, see below). Identity theft was by far the largest complaint category, concerning 21 percent of all complaints filed...

Identity Theft - Feds Tighten Online Information Rules
The Federal Trade Commission this month started enforcing new rules geared to fight identity theft, the fastest growing crime in the U.S. Tightening regulations that govern how online documents are stored and requiring verification of identification, both online and off, is expected to trim the number of identity-theft complaints...

Identity Theft: Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song in Bankruptcy Court
Identity theft.   Folks worry about it all the time.   Most times, folks worry about credit card numbers being stolen, accounts “hacked”, accounts opened under your name without permission...

FTC report shows fewer Washington consumers reporting ID theft
The Federal Trade Commission released its annual fraud and identity theft report today. Washington slipped down the ranks to 13th in the nation for identity theft complaints per capita last year ...

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Facebook
Downloading Games Linked to Possible Identity Theft

Daimler Chrysler et al.
alleged negligence pertaining to lost confidential client data which exposed customers to identity theft

Wegmans Food Market
alleging the retailer revealed too much information on their credit and debit card receipts, violating the FACTA law, and leaving customers open to identity theft

Medtronic
Leads Failing

Advil - Ibuprofen
allegedly leads to Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrosis.

Clear
Verified Identity Pass Face Class Action