Should Iowa Auto Insurance Companies Be Required to Disclose Limits?
April 17th, 2012
West Virginia’s legislature just passed a law requiring insurance companies for negligent drivers to disclose their liability policy limits to the injured person before a lawsuit is filed. Similar legislation has been proposed to the Iowa Legis…
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Categories: Car, Truck & Motorcycle Accidents
Judicial Retention Election - Our Thoughts
October 29th, 2010
We are posting this message on our website blog because we believe that the well-financed campaign urging voters to vote not to retain the three Iowa Supreme Court justices whose names appear on the ballot is misleading Iowans about the role of the I…
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Categories: General
Tags: Iowa judiciary
Radio Show Host Acccused of Real Estate Scam
October 13th, 2010
The SEC has accused prominent radio talk show host Barbra Alexander of promoting her own fraudulent real estate investment scheme and misappropriating investors’ funds for her own personal use – including spending $200,000 to remodel her…
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Categories: Consumer & Financial Fraud
Iowa Attorney General Requests a Halt to Foreclosures
October 8th, 2010
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has called on three major mortgage companies to halt pending foreclosures in Iowa. His office has been in contact with three companies, Ally Financial, formerly GMAC Mortgage, Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase, requ…
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Categories: General
Tags: consumer fraud
Verizon agrees to refund up to $90 million in excess charges for web access
October 6th, 2010
Under scrutiny of teh Federal Communications Commssion, Verizon Wireless has agreed up refund up to $90 million dollars to 15 million customers whowere each charged $2 to $6 when they accidentally accessed the Internet on their phone. The FCC plans t…
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Categories: Consumer & Financial Fraud
Traffic cameras generate revenue; do they save lives?
October 5th, 2010
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reported on October 4, 2010 that Cedar Rapids traffic cameras have generated more than $600,000 in revenue in less than seven months, on pace for an estimated $1 million during the first year of operation. The estimate exceed…
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Categories: General
Salmonella Egg Recall Expands, Legal Problems Mount for Iowa Egg Producer
August 19th, 2010
The recall by Iowa egg producer Wright County Eggs, a part of the DeCoster family agribusiness, has just been increased to a staggering 380 million eggs as lawsuits mount against the egg producer and the history of legal troubles of its owner are bro…
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Categories: General