Our Chicago consumer rights private law firm handles individual and class action unfair debt collection and other consumer fraud cases that government agencies and public interest law firms such as the Illinois Attorney General may not pursue. Class action lawsuits our law firm has been involved in or spear-headed have…
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Fraud Magazine Reports: “In the Wake of Significant Legislative Changes, the Civil False Claims Act Hauls in $3 Billion in Fiscal Year 2010”
Fraud Magazine reports on the new changes in federal false claims act. The article states: A 123-year-old law now has new teeth to better fight today’s tricky fraudsters. Enacted in 1863, the U.S. federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733 (FCA), was designed to fight unscrupulous contractors during…
DiTommaso Lubin’s Oak Brook and Chicago Attorney Peter Lubin Named 2011 Illinois Super Lawyers as Class-Action, Business Litigation and Consumer Rights Attorneys
Super Lawyers named Chicago and Oak Brook business trial attorneys Peter Lubin a Super Lawyer in the Categories of Class Action, Business Litigation, and Consumer Rights Litigation. DiTommaso Lubin’s Oak Brook and Chicago business trial lawyers have over a quarter of a century of experience in litigating complex class action,…
Consumer Law and Policy Blog Reports: “Grand Theft Auto, or Preemption Run Amok”
Consumer Law and Policy Blog Reports: In a case now before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, Chase Bank asserts that it may repossess an auto loan borrower’s car without complying with consumer protections in state commercial law. The Maryland District Court found for Chase Bank, concluding that 1) the…
Video — The Federal Goverment Loses Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Each Year to Fraud — Our Chicago Business Trial and Fraud Lawyers Bring Qui Tam and Whistle Blower Claims to Assist in Recovering Some of Those Monies
The Chicago trial attorneys at our firm have experience in complex business and fraud litigation. We work with some of the top whistle blower and qui tam lawyers in the country. The business fraud law firm of DiTommaso Lubin represents whistleblowers who are pursing qui tam lawsuits at any level…
Video — Fraudster Barry Minkow Describes How He Conceals Fraud From Auditors — Our Chicago Litigation Attorneys Combat Business Fraud and Breaches of Fiduciary Duty
Barry Minkow, who, while still in high school, founded ZZZZ Best, a carpet cleaning and restoration company that turned out to be a massive Ponzi scheme, talks about one of the many ways he manipulated auditors. DiTommaso Lubin’s Chicago business trial lawyers have more than two and half decades of…
Dirty Car Salesmen Come Clean
We bring suit for auto dealer fraud and other car dealer scams such as selling rebuilt wrecks as certified used cars or misrepresenting a car as being in good condition when it is rebuilt wreck or had the odometer rolled back. Super Lawyers has selected our DuPage and Cook County…
Video — New Complaints Against Car Dealership
We bring suit for auto dealer fraud and other car dealer scams such as selling rebuilt wrecks as certified used cars or misrepresenting a car as being in good condition when it is rebuilt wreck or had the odometer rolled back. Super Lawyers has selected our DuPage and Cook County…
Video On Used Car Dealer Sued For Fraud BY AG — Our Chicago Auto Dealer Fraud Lawyers File Suit On Behalf of Consumers
We bring suit for auto dealer fraud and other car dealer scams such as selling rebuilt wrecks as certified used cars or misrepresenting a car as being in good condition when it is rebuilt wreck or had the odometer rolled back. Super Lawyers has selected our DuPage and Cook County…
Wall Street Journal Reports: “Judge Rules Against Lightstone And Enforces Bad Boy Clause in Real-Estate Loan Penalizing Borrower For Declaring Bankruptcy”
Many real-estate loans for large transactions include a so called “bad boy” clause which penalizes borrowers for declaring bankruptcy. Many borrowers didn’t take these clauses seriously in the past believing that they could declare bankruptcy and argue that the clauses were uneforcable as violating public policy encourcaging business business…