by John O'Toole | May 16, 2015 | Consumer Fraud
Advertising and marketing is designed to induce a consumer to buy a particular service or product. Sometimes the ads are general and appeal to the emotional element of a purchase. A pickup truck advertisement may show the truck driving up a rugged mountain road or at...
by John O'Toole | Apr 24, 2015 | Consumer Fraud
The modern industrial food production and distribution system means that food contamination that once would have been limited to a narrow, local area, now can affect towns and cities across the country. In addition, with new DNA based testing capabilities, it is now...
by John O'Toole | Apr 15, 2015 | Consumer Fraud
We like to think that someone is watching over us when it comes to our food supply. We believe the federal Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are carefully supervising the raw materials and any chemicals and additives that are...
by John O'Toole | Mar 20, 2015 | Consumer Fraud
The Target data breach incident demonstrates the advantage of class action litigation to obtain monetary and other relief for consumers. The data breach occurred during the holiday shopping season of 2013 and affected millions of Target credit account cardholders....
by John O'Toole | Mar 13, 2015 | Consumer Fraud
Sometimes, one has to wonder at the audacity of an entity. Banks, financial lenders and credit card issuers have been moving more and more towards limiting the rights of consumers to sue in court for problems with their accounts. While fees and other “service...
by John O'Toole | Feb 27, 2015 | Consumer Fraud
Consumer fraud class action cases can involve virtually anything that can be sold. Because manufacturers can violate the trust of consumers and the law in a endless number of ways. A class action lawsuit was filed last week against graphics card maker Nvidia over...
