Learning more about a founding partner of Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C. James Francis takes his coffee black – Monday through Friday – but adds cream on the weekends. It’s this kind of discipline mixed with an ability to have some fun that has contributed to Francis’ success, first as a graduate of Temple University’s Beasley
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Law360, Los Angeles (December 4, 2015, 10:28 PM ET) — The Fourth Circuit on Friday upheld a $13.5 million settlement in a class action alleging LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group Inc. violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by selling reports to debt collectors without first obtaining users’ certification, rejecting class objectors’ arguments that the
A California resident, Amit Patel, was falsely tagged as a terrorist by credit reporting agencies. The implications of this caused problems throughout his day-to-day life. The Office of Foreign Assets Control keeps a list of over 6,000 businesses and individuals that they deem suspicious of terrorist actions. Before 9/11 this list was only in the
Founding partner of Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C. Mark Mailman is a graduate of Muhlenberg College (B.A. magna cum laude, 1991) and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his law degree at Temple University of Law (J.D. 1995) where he achieved the highest grade in Trial Advocacy clinic. Despite his impressive educational record, Mailman
Artist Jessamyn Lovell recently created an art exhibit, “Dear Erin Hart,” a response to having her identity stolen by Erin Hart. “In an effort to piece together my transgressor’s crime spree, I documented relevant places, interviewed witnesses, hired a private investigator, and even photographed Erin Hart being released from jail. Through photography, video, and other
Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established the rules that address unsolicited telephone marketing calls including automated and prerecorded messages. For details about those rules, visit the FCC website. Last month the FCC clarified certain rules regarding marketing calls established by the TCPA. These clarifications should benefit consumers by
Unwanted Calls Results in $6.25 Million Class Action Lawsuit The case was brought on by a consumer who had received unsolicited calls from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to their cell phone. The insurer repeatedly called this person on his pay-per-call cell phone. The calls were via a predictive dialing service; some call this robo
New Rules Close TCPA Loopholes New rules have been put into place for those marketing and companies using loopholes to get around the current TCPA laws. There have been an astonishing amount of consumer complaints and tons of petitions and lawsuits, in fact last year alone; the FCC received over 215,000 complaints. Blocking RoboCalls The
Data Breaches Common It may be hard to believe, but data breaches are far more common than we’d like to admit or realize. In fact, in the last decade there have been at least 11 high profile data breaches in the US. This includes Target, Home Depot and Neiman Marcus. These are retail stores that
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