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Target Settles Illegal Debt Collection Practices Class-Action Lawsuit for $2.3 Million

If you are a consumer, there are limits to what debt collectors can do in terms of contacting you for payment of a debt. If they cross a certain legal line, they can even be made to pay...

Blackbaud Mulling Lawsuit after Paying Cybercriminals Ransom with Bitcoin

Blackbaud is the premier provider of fundraising and financial services for nonprofits. The company was unfortunately hacked, and a trove of consumer data was put at risk by professional cybercriminal...

Unclaimed Funds: Don't Leave Your Money on the Table

Have you ever thought about the billions of dollars in unclaimed funds lying around? Unclaimed assets — including forgotten bank accounts, undelivered insurance payouts, and neglected property — ...

Got a Letter Asking You to Pay Back Unemployment? Read This Now

If you were among the millions of Americans put out of work due to COVID-19 this year, you probably did what many others did: file for unemployment. Of course, for those employed in "regular jobs"...

The People's Republic of China Reimburses U.S. Businesses

California businesses filed against the People's Republic of China and the People's Government of the Hubei Province for trillions of dollars lost due to the failure of the Chinese government to contain the d...

Student Sues UT-Austin, Citing Inferiority of Online Education

A student at the University of Texas at Austin has joined a growing list of others filing class-action lawsuits against colleges and universities around the country in the wake of the pandemic. On February 2...

Clever Ways to Find Unclaimed Funds

There are billions of dollars in unclaimed funds around the world. Unfortunately, the process of claiming it remains a nightmare for most people. The good news is many new and innovative ways to search for and claim unclaimed money. Bes...

Unclaimed Property May be the Ultimate in Unclaimed Funds

More and more people are exploring the world of unclaimed funds, hoping that a quick search online will lead them to some money in their name somewhere. What many of these folks don't realize is unclaimed funds, ...

Amazon Hit with Lawsuit Brought by Sickened Employees

One of the major litigation issues arising from the COVID-19 outbreak is whether employers will be liable in civil lawsuits when employees contract coronavirus at work. The usual remedy for this is that the employee ca...