Did you receive notice that your private personal information may have been taken by hackers in a data breach? You may be asking yourself, what on earth do I need to do to protect myself from my identity being stolen, my debit card being used, and/or my bank account being drained now that a hacker has had access to your information? The attorneys at Consumer Protection Legal, LLC have represented several consumers whose private information was accessed or stolen as a result of data breaches involving retailers, hospitals, Pandemic Unemployment Benefit websites, fast food chains, home improvement stores, and other companies with access to the consumer's private health information, private financial information, and/or other private personal information. Some of our...

Recently, there has been a push to ban arbitration agreements between certain companies and consumers.  This push is being made by the government's consumer watchdog group. Presumably, they have realized the important role class action lawsuits play in cleaning up bad corporate behavior.  The target is the arbitration clause many companies stick into the boilerplate customer agreements that are unilaterally negotiated to the detriment of all the customers of these corporations.  Banning these arbitration clauses would have the effect of re-opening the courtroom doors to people who have been ripped off by these companies. The lawyers at Consumer Protection Legal, LLC could not be happier that Congress is contemplating passing a law that would actually benefit the citizens of the...