If you work in the private sector and are salaried at less than $47,476 a year, you are now eligible for overtime pay. This new federal overtime rule modifies the existing Fair Labor Standards Act to eliminate exceptions for executive, administrative, and other professional employees, requiring companies to pay time and a half for all […]

Consumer Rights Law Firm Serving Clients in Chicago, Illinois, and Nationwide Posted: December 1, 2016 How well do you understand the changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act that went into effect on December 1st? Take this quiz to find out. And if your rights under this new law have been violated, call us at

Consumer Rights Law Firm Serving Clients in Chicago, Illinois, and Nationwide Posted: November 11, 2016 If you’re receiving countless calls from a robocaller, you may be being victimized by a caller that is violating the federal regulations of promotional calls. Please take this quiz to find out if you are being victimized by a robocaller:

Consumer Rights Law Firm Serving Clients in Chicago, Illinois, and Nationwide Posted: November 11, 2016 Established in 1991, the TCPA protects consumers against nearly all forms of unsolicited communications. If you believe your rights under the TCPA have been violated, our consumer protection attorneys can help. Please use our online contact form or call our

Consumer Rights Law Firm Serving Clients in Chicago, Illinois, and Nationwide Posted: October 27, 2016 How much do you know about the TCPA? Take our short quiz to find out. If you suspect your rights under the TCPA are being violated, please contact Markoff Leinberger online or by calling our Chicago office at (888) 517-9115

On October 20th, the FTC and UDSA will host a joint-agency roundtable to discuss “consumer perceptions of ‘organic’ claims for non-agricultural products.” According to the press release on the FTC website, “The first discussion…will focus on consumer misconceptions of organic claims in the marketplace and the conclusions and limitations of the evidence concerning those misconceptions

Fine print. We all know what it means. We all have suspicions about what it contains. Yet very few of us actually take the time to read what can amount to line after line of legalese in a print so fine it’s practically indecipherable. This can, however, place us in an interesting spot when it

Consumer Rights Law Firm Serving Clients in Chicago, Illinois, and Nationwide Posted: September 29, 2016 Being in debt is frustrating enough and, when circumstances make paying the debt more complicated, harassing phone calls, letters, and texts don’t help. As a debtor, you have certain rights and protections that are in place to guard you against

In July, a federal judge ruled that political robocalls were protected by the First Amendment and therefore not subject to TCPA regulations. During campaign season, this can cause quite a bit of frustration and irritation as campaigns solicit donations or try to assess candidate support. Particularly if you know who you are voting for, these

Consumer Rights Law Firm Serving Clients in Chicago, Illinois, and Nationwide Posted: September 12, 2016 Like junk mail and junk calls, junk texts are a form of advertising utilized by some companies to garner more customers. At best, junk texts are annoying. At worst, they can be phishing scams designed to trick you into giving