In the wake of persistent nationwide concerns about food-labeling, our consumer rights lawyers noted that the recent election cycle saw voters in at least one state shoot down an initiative that would have made it the law for food producers to label any product that includes genetically engineered ingredients. While proponents of the initiative argued […]

The Chicago consumer rights lawyers at Markoff Leinberger are aware of wage theft studies that state this growing unfair business practice, which includes overtime violations, effects workers at every income level. However, a great deal of the emerging research on the subject of wage theft and overtime violations suggests that low-wage workers, particularly those who

Consumer Rights Law Firm Serving Clients in Chicago, Illinois, and Nationwide Posted: October 15, 2014 The Chicago consumer fraud lawyers at Markoff Leinberger took note of a recent article from the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. that called out corporations for rampant wage theft, which includes overtime violations. The think tank said this particular

Millions of Americans struggle to feed their families after wage garnishment, according to research from ADP and ProPublica. Despite the way that so many people in Chicago and nationwide struggled financially during “The Great Recession” and our country’s subsequently slow march toward recovery — a struggle that often included credit reporting practices that impinged on

Consumer Rights Law Firm Serving Clients in Chicago, Illinois, and Nationwide Posted: August 18, 2014 With the national student loan debt balance hovering around $1.11 trillion, our Chicago consumer rights lawyers are aware that this issue not only has the potential to alter the country’s financial health and history, but it also opens to the

As experienced and community-minded consumer-rights lawyers, the attorneys of Markoff Leinberger recognize the impact that credit reporting has on the lives of our Chicago clients. Regardless of the type or value of the information contained within an individual’s credit report, most people take for granted the privacy of such sensitive documents and personal finance history.

As the holder of a copyright for a given work, you have the exclusive right to the use and reproduction of the work, as well as the right to license others to use or reproduce the work. However, there are limitations to this right, as Markoff Leinberger’s Chicago consumer rights lawyers well know. When it

d Consumer Rights Law Firm Serving Clients in Chicago, Illinois, and Nationwide Posted: July 23, 2014 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, established during the bitter Congressional fight over the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, marked its third anniversary on July 21. The CFPB remains controversial, especially with the banks and financial services firms it is regulating.

In light of the recent Target data breach, Visa has introduced a new set of standards for its prepaid cards with an aim to help protect consumers from credit card fraud. Although issuers are not required to follow these standards, cards that meet the requirements will receive Visa’s designation which will, in theory, spur customers

After a decade-long pursuit of a class action settlement from Ticketmaster, consumers may finally be entitled to some compensation. The ticket-selling giant, now owned by Live Nation, has agreed to a $400 million settlement that would credit 50 million ticket buyers to compensation from as far back as 1999. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2003,