by John O'Toole | Jun 30, 2015 | Consumer Fraud
German products are known for their quality. Luxury cars, such as BMW and Mercedes radiate quality. Germany is also well known for its beers. And like their cars, they often carry a premium price. One way of ensuring that quality is by law. Germany has had the...
by John O'Toole | Jun 25, 2015 | Consumer Fraud
Most people are visually oriented when shopping. This is borne out by the wide variety of colors and shapes used by food companies to display their wares on the shelves of your favorite grocer. Some product containers can, over time, become as famous as the product...
by John O'Toole | Jun 19, 2015 | Consumer Fraud
A hundred years ago, many people grew their own food, raised their own animals and cooked dinner at home. There were very few “prepared” foods of any kind, and even if you purchased products from a butcher, baker or grocer, you may have known them very...
by John O'Toole | Jun 5, 2015 | Consumer Fraud
With a class action lawsuit, there are two distinct groups of plaintiffs. There is the class representative, who as the name implies, represents the class of similarly situated plaintiffs and may attend the hearings and trial, working with the lead counsel for the...
by John O'Toole | May 29, 2015 | Consumer Fraud
Especially with cable or data providers. One of the concerns with internet/cable providers is the amount of information they accumulate regarding your personal habits. With sad irony, your usage of their product is turned into data that they use to keep selling you...
by John O'Toole | May 22, 2015 | Consumer Fraud
Sometimes when you go into a store, you may see and item on a display, that catches your eye. You walk over, check the price and wince. Then you notice that it has a “Sale” sign that knocks off 30 to 50 percent of the price. Now, you begin to seriously...
