Consumer Protection

False advertising. Misleading or deceptive labeling. Bait and switch marketing. Unconscionable sales practices. Charging for services that were never provided. These are just some ways big businesses exploit and take advantage of consumers. Fortunate… Read More

Krekorian Act

Talent Scams The entertainment industry’s proximity and prominence in California has bred consumer fraud schemes which are unique to the state. In one such scheme, the operators of a talent scam operators claim experience and connections with t… Read More

Consumer Class Actions

Consumers who have been taken advantage of by large corporations often feel powerless. Many people don’t have the time or resources to fight to hold large companies accountable. But when a company has harmed a large group of people in similar ways,… Read More

Legoland Annual Pass Class Action

Legoland Annual Passes Preston Law Offices is investigating whether Legoland’s Annual Passes comply with federal and California law. If you recently purchased an Annual Pass, or if Legoland recently renewed your Annual Pass, you may be entitled… Read More

SeaWorld Annual Pass Class Action

SeaWorld Annual Passes Preston Law Offices is investigating whether SeaWorld’s Annual Passes comply with federal and California law. If you recently purchased an Annual Pass, or if SeaWorld recently renewed your Annual Pass, you may be entitled… Read More

Six Flags Season Pass Class Action

Six Flags Season Passes Preston Law Offices is investigating whether Six Flags Season Passes comply with federal and California law. If you recently purchased an Season Pass, or if Six Flags recently renewed your Season Pass, you may be entitled to c… Read More

Consumer Credit and Debt

Around one-third of Americans have debts in collection. For too many of these Americans, harassment by debt collectors is a fact of life. But it doesn’t have to be this way. In 1978, Congress passed the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) to… Read More

Illegal Mortgage Late Fees

Illegal Mortgage Late Fees Preston Law Offices is investigating mortgage servicers who charge improper or illegal late fees (or delinquency fees). There are several ways mortgage servicers may charge these fees: Servicers delay “posting”… Read More

Discrimination in Apple Card Application Process

Discrimination in Apple Card Application Process Preston Law Offices is investigating whether the application process for “Apple Card”-branded credit cards is lawful. Some consumers have complained Apple Card’s process for denying c… Read More

ECOA Adverse Action Notices

Creditors Have to Explain Why They Denied You Credit Preston Law Offices is investigating creditors (including banks, credit card companies, auto lenders, and mortgage servicers) who have denied credit applications without providing an accurate and s… Read More

Telemarketing

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) at 47 U.S.C. § 227 prohibits anyone from calling you using a prerecorded or synthetic voice without your prior consent. It also makes it illegal for telemarketers to call or text your residential telephon… Read More

Robocalls and Automated Telephone Dialing Systems

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits certain robocalls. Specifically, it prohibits calls to cellular telephones using an “automatic telephone dialing system” or autodialers, meaning “equipment which has the capacit… Read More

Student Loans

You enrolled in college to invest in your future. But the economy tanked, jobs disappeared, and your student loans became an enormous burden. You’re not alone. In 2023, roughly forty five million Americans have student loan debt, totalling over $1.… Read More

Direct/William D. Ford

In 2023, roughly forty five million Americans have student loan debt, totaling over $1.7 trillion dollars. Most of these loans were made under the William D. Ford Direct Loan Program: these loans (called Stafford loans) are owned by the government bu… Read More

FFELP

In 2023, about nine (9) million individual Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) loans are outstanding, totaling nearly $200 billion. Before 2010, most student loans were made under FFELP, but the William D. Ford Direct Loan Program replaced… Read More

COVID Student Loans

Did You Make Student Loan Payments to Navient During COVID? The Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) ended in 2010, when it was replaced by the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program. (Students who entered college in 2010 would be the l… Read More

Natural Disaster Forbearances

FFELP Borrowers in California Who Received a Natural Disaster Forbearance Preston Law Offices is investigating whether Nelnet or other servicers complied with federal and California law while servicing student loans under the Federal Family Education… Read More