Help! This Company is Screwing Me Over! What Can I Do? It’s a fact of life in our society: consumers get ripped off all the time. There’s generally no quick and easy solution, but there are some new resources that make it much easier to get your money back (or even more). Get the basics on Exercising Your Rights and
Read moreI Wish All Lawyers Did These Basic Things I Do for My Legal Clients I don’t talk about myself much on Law Soup, because it’s not about me, it’s about providing helpful legal and civics information for people. But part of that information consists of how you can get legal services, and what you can and should expect from lawyers
Read moreCorporate America Says It Will Now Consider the Community in its Actions (What Took Them So Long?) A group of some of the largest companies in the country recently declared for the first time that they will consider the effects of their decisions on workers, customers, suppliers, and communities, in addition to shareholders. This announcement by the Business Roundtable could
Read moreThere’s an Affordability Crisis in Legal Services, but You Have Options Average income in the U.S. for 2019 is around $46,000. About 40% of Americans say they would be unable to easily come up with $400 for an unexpected expense. Yet hiring a lawyer to defend you in a simple car crash case can cost a minimum of $17,000 in
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Big news today about the internet! It’s now going to stay pretty much the same. Um, what? Quick backstory. Since the internet became a thing, users have generally been able to access most websites without much interference from Internet Service Providers (or ISPs, like Verizon, AT&T, TimeWarner, etc). ISPs were providing their customers (you) with equal access and speed to
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Did you know the government may be holding some money or personal items in your name, just waiting for you to claim it? Wait whaaat?? I know. I actually only recently heard about it myself (thank you friend who I will not name because he prizes his anonymity). So I checked and found out there was $50 in my name!
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Have you heard the phrase “sitting is the new smoking”? Well, not only is it unhealthy to stay seated and sedentary for long periods, but that chair or sofa you’re sitting on may also contain toxic chemicals. In fact, one study led by a Duke University researcher found that in a sample of 101 couches bought in the U.S. between 1984-2010, 85% contained
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Having many people in our lives that we love is usually a great thing… except when it comes time to buy holiday gifts. To avoid breaking the bank, many people plan to shop on Black Friday (which apparently now starts as Black Thursday Evening at some stores), or at outlet malls or “discount” retailers such as TJ Maxx. But if you think you’re gonna get great deals
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