Kudos to Steve Duin of The Oregonian for this column on Azusa Suzuki’s struggle to prove that she is entitled to Regence Blue Cross supplemental medicare insurance coverage for medical expenses incurred in a motor vehicle collision. Apparently Regence decided that… Continue Reading →
We are starting to get calls and emails about the class action settlement with Comcast. Here is the link to the settlement information A few recurring questions: 1. The settlement applies to Oregon Comcast subscribers 2. It is limited to subscribers who paid late fees on Cable… Continue Reading →
One of the best articles I’ve seen recently on for-profit colleges. Please, please, please read this if you or anyone in your family is thinking about a for-profit school. From the trenches, we continue to pursue our class action against Le Cordon Bleu Portland (formerly known as… Continue Reading →
I will re-post this after the holidays, but this is important. Here is the link to settlement information on our Oregon cable TV late fee, including important information on how to make a claim. If you are a class member and you have questions, please feel free… Continue Reading →
In late summer–and with much fanfare–it looked like Congress and the Department of Education would finally address the outrageous abuses of bad actors in the for-profit education sector. Predictably, the pace has slowed to a crawl, with Department of Education delaying the promulgation of regulations. Do you need to… Continue Reading →
The Government Accounting Office released its report today, GAO Report For Profit Colleges (pdf), highlighting a number of abuses by for-profit trade schools. The GAO engaged in undercover testing to ferret out the fraud and abuse in for-profit admissions and lending. Pretty scary stuff. The GAO Report notes that… Continue Reading →
Thinking about a payday loan? Please check out this article on the hazards of on-line payday loans. The author, Herb Weisbaum, is one of my favorite consumer news resources. He writes the ConsumerMan column for MSNBC. The Weisbaum article focuses on the nastiness of on-line payday loans. Continue Reading →