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Hidden Hotel Fees Violate Consumer Protection Laws

You go online and book a hotel room and get a great deal. You cannot believe you got a hotel in SOHO or Georgetown or Rittenhouse Square for so little money. But did you get a good deal? At checkout, you see “resort fee” or “destination fee” or “amenity fees”.

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Bitcoin Market Manipulation?

After the price of Bitcoin soared most of yesterday, reaching almost $14,000 per Bitcoin, the price began to drop around 4:25 p.m. EST. As the price began dropping, many owners of Bitcoin logged into their accounts on Coinbase.com to sell. Had they been able to sell, they would have reaped

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Spam Calls Lead to Large Class Action Settlements

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”)  prohibits auto-dialed robocalls without your permission. That probably comes as some surprise since you, like most other people with a cell phone, receive multiple robo calls per week. Those calls are against the law. There have been a slew of recent class action settlements

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What Every Non-Lawyer Should Know About the Law

Lawyers tend to forget that non-lawyers know very little about some legal issues or principles that we lawyers take for granted. Following are some of the common misunderstandings that non-lawyers (and even many practicing lawyers and judges) have about the law. Judges Decide Issues of Law and Juries Decide Issues

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The black hole of the gym membership

We do it everyday. We sign up for something –a cellphone, a gym membership, a magazine– and we give the company our credit card information or our bank account information. Allowing a business to automatically take money from your account or charge your credit card is a modern convenience that

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Out to Pasture – Age Discrimination in the Workplace

You work hard your entire life. You raise your family, you are trying to pay for the astronomical cost of college for your children while planning for retirement. You have done everything you were supposed to do. You have aged into your job and what you lack in energy, you

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Equifax Data Breach – What You Should Do

Equifax, a large credit reporting agency, recently exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers.  The breach was global, affecting not only Americans, but also consumers in the U.K. and Canada. It resulted in the hacking of personal information, including, Social Security numbers, driver license numbers and addresses. When you

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