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Discovery Strategies in Solar Fraud Litigation: Uncovering the Financing Schemes

…each control different pieces of the evidentiary puzzle. Traditional discovery approaches borrowed from construction-defect or consumer-credit litigation often fail to surface the documents and testimony that actually establish liability, rescission…

Fine Print Traps: What are the Worst Consumer Terms & Conditions You’ve Seen?

…up important rights without them even realizing it. And even when we do, we don’t have a meaningful choice over the harmful terms. We have identified some terms that seriously…

Report: Identifying the Most Harmful Consumer Contract Terms

…pays provisions, unilateral contract amendments, and confidentiality clauses. We welcome consumers and advocates to submit additional examples of the most harmful contract terms that they have encountered. Download Report  …

Deceptive Money-Making Opportunities

…until May 10). The FTC has taken aggressive law enforcement action against coaching or mentoring schemes, multi-level marketing companies, work-from-home, e-commerce, and other business opportunity scams, chain referral schemes involving…

The Worst of the Fine Print Traps in Everyday Terms and Conditions  

…pre-dispute resolution clauses, loser pays provisions, unilateral contract amendments, and confidentiality clauses. “The terms are not only hidden in the fine print, they also take unreasonable advantage of consumers’ general…

Practical Considerations in Bringing Your FDCPA Case

…How to take advantage of parallel state laws regulating debt collection as secondary or alternative claims Speakers Kristen G. Simplicio is a partner at Tycko & Zavareei LLP, where she…