Timeshare Obligations, Regulations, and Challenges

The current landscape of the timeshare industry has exposed significant inadequacies in regulation for those seeking to purchase, lease, or exit their timeshare obligations.

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“The New Referral:” Innovative Ways to Tackle Consumer Protection Issues Involving Fake Social Media Influencers

Whether it is online reviews, subscribers, likes, ratings, followers, etc., social media has become a source of information and an influential platform on which consumers rely in their decisions to buy a good or service.

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New Technology, But Just the Same Old Traditional Fraud

Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or business idea by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet.

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How the Oregon Attorney General’s Office Tackles Elder Abuse

The year-long presidential initiative for Attorney General Derek Schmidt has been a focus on innovative techniques that attorney general offices can use to serve their senior constituents. This article provides a road map as to how one state, the Oregon Department of Justice, is working to protect their citizens against elder fraud and abuse.

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Do Not Call: The History of Do Not Call and How Telemarketing Has Evolved

The Do Not Call service has come a long way since its inception, yet the Federal Trade Commission still received 3.5 million complaints about unwanted calls in fiscal year 2015. Thirty-one states have adopted the National Do Not Call Registry. This article addresses the challenges in stopping unwelcome calls.

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