Consumer Fraud and Class Action Lawsuits
Consumers have a wide variety of rights and protections under California and federal law. At times, large corporations may take advantage of consumers through false advertising, misleading contract terms, hidden charges and fees, predatory lending practices rebate scams, and other ways to cheat consumers.
Consumers have an intense dislike of being cheated, but often think it is too insignificant to complain, or that one person cannot make a difference. However, these practices are only profitable for large corporations if they are done on a broad scale, to a large number of consumers. Therefore, if it happened to you, it probably happened to a lot of other people just like you, too. That means that you do have the power to take these rogue companies on by means of a special type of legal proceeding called a class action lawsuit. Class actions are lawsuits where one person – just like you – is the representative for a group of people who all suffered the same injustice, loss, or harm. One advantage of class action lawsuits is that they do not require as much risk, time, and effort on the part of the plaintiff as an individual lawsuit often does. At the conclusion of a class action, the person who took the time and trouble to bring the lawsuit is usually paid additional compensation for their efforts.
As with all our cases, we advance the costs on your behalf and we do not get paid until we obtain a recovery.
At Aiman-Smith & Marcy, we specialize in bringing class action lawsuits on behalf of consumers and small businesses. We offer expert legal advice and vigorous representation. We have successfully litigated class action and representative lawsuits for unpaid overtime, defrauding employees out of promised employment benefits, funeral home misconduct, illegal non-competition agreements, sex discrimination, fraudulent insurance commission overcharges, fraudulent check guarantee services, and false advertising.
Other areas of consumer fraud include:
- Unpaid overtime
- Meal and rest break violations
- Unfair business practices
- False advertising
- Credit card charges – late fees, over credit limit fees, foreign transaction fees
- Hidden bank charges
- Loan transactions – misleading terms, hidden charges and fees
- Predatory lending practices
- Bait-and-switch
- Misrepresentation and fraud
- Misleading or hidden contract terms
If you have been a victim of these types of unfair business practices and scams, please call our office at (888) 445-2334 or use our email form and contact us for a free consultation with one of our attorneys: Randall Aiman-Smith, Reed Marcy, or Hallie Von Rock.
