“We protect the rights of consumers and promote fair business practices.”
Our trial attorneys protect the rights of consumers in the following areas:
Credit Reporting
Federal law provides individuals rights and protections from unlawful practices that harm your credit.
This may include wrongly or inaccurately recording or failing to remove a debt from your credit report.
Practice Area:
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
Lending Practices
Federal law protects you from unlawful practices during the lending of financing process.
This may include a failure to adequately disclose information, charging unlawful rates of interest, or providing false or misleading information.
Practice Areas:
- Truth in Lending Act
- Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act
- Georgia Fair Business Practices Act
- Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
- Equal Credit Opportunity Act
- Electronic Funds Transfer Act
Unlawful Marketing Practices
Marketing t0 and communicating with customers is regulated to protect your rights and privacy.
Violations of your rights might include: inappropriate messaging or contacts or failing to make all required disclosures during a transaction.
Practice areas:
- Georgia Fair Business Practices Act
- CAN-SPAM Act
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act
Unfair Debt Collection Practices
Federal law provides individual rights and protections from unlawful practices in the debt collection process.
This may include: harrassing messages, contacting your employer after you have notifed the collector to not contact you.
Practice Area:
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Real Estate Practices
Federal law protects you from unlawful practices concerning the marketing and sale of real estate.
This may include a failure to adequately disclose information or charging unlawful rates of interest, or providing false or misleading information.
Practice Areas:
- Georgia Fair Business Practices Act
- Tenants’ Rights Against Landlord Abuse
- Wrongful Foreclosure
False Claims for Payment
Federal law provides a civil cause of action for individuals who make fraudulent claims for payment to a governmental entity.
Practice Area:
- False Claims Act
- Georgia Taxpayer Protection False Claims Act (GTPFCA)
Warranty & Product Violations
Federal and state law protect consumers rights with regard to product sold to consumers under express and implied warranties.
Practice areas:
- Georgia Fair Business Practices Act
- Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
Violations of Privacy
Federal and state law protect aspects of individual information and privacy. .
Practice Areas:
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The Georgia Personal Identity Protection Act
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
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The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act
Fraudulent Practices
Businesses routinely undetertake illegal practices to defraud consumers in the sale of goods or services.
Practice areas:
- Georgia Fair Business Practices Act