Community Legal Services of Philadelphia (CLS) honored Jim Francis of Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C., PC with its 2014 Equal Justice Award, presented at the organization’s annual Breakfast of Champions event on May 28 at the Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia. Francis was presented the award for his service and commitment to CLS in his outstanding work and
Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C., PC announces that James A. Francis has been ranked one of the Top 100 Superlawyers for both Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Read the full article here
Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C., PC announces that 4 of its lawyers have been named as 2014 Pennsylvania Superlawyers : James A. Francis, Mark D. Mailman, David A. Searles and John Soumilas Read the whole article here
Thieves, like viruses, adapt and evolve. Where identity theft in the ’80s consisted of stealing the carbon copies of credit card presses or rubbing their card on a piece of paper like a chalk pressing of a gravestone, data theft today has become much more advanced, and, unfortunately, much more prolific. Here are some of
Well it’s that time again, time for another credit card skimming scam. This one, however, occurs in one of the more unlikely places you’d expect: automated stamp machines at your local post office! That’s right, it appears one of the places you’d least expect a fraud scam to be perpetrated–a government building–is the latest hot-spot
Five of the US’s major banks have just taken a big step to improve the security of your identity. How so, exactly? By eliminating the recurring use of your social security number to confirm your identity. Let’s take a look at just what this means and how your security will be greatly benefited. Want to
New York Law Journal article featuring fair credit reporting class action brought against one of the nation’s largest employment background screeners by the Legal Action Center (Manhattan) and Francis Mailman Soumilas, P.C., PC. Download the article here
People are often under the impression that credit scores are a fixed and immovable thing once they’ve lowered, that it would take years of strenuous work to get those numbers back up. While it does take time, not every aspect of raising your credit has to be a Herculean task. Here are some of the
Data theft has been around for quite some time. Despite that, with all the recent large-scale breaches and thefts, its easy to see why people are just now starting to feel the warm breath of data theft on their necks. But just because more and more people are becoming aware of the presence of data
By now just about everyone knows about the Target data breach that took place from November of 2013 through December of 2013 in which anywhere from 70 to 110 million customer’s credit card information was compromised. The attack–and the knowledge of identical attacks on Michaels and Neiman Marcus–opened our eyes to the harsh realities of
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