What You Should Do if Someone Opened a Credit Card in Your Name
Finding out someone opened a credit card in your name feels sickening. You worry about your money, your credit, and what else that person did with your information. You deserve a clear plan to remedy the situation. A Florida credit identity theft attorney can help you with the bigger picture, but you...
How to Spot Consumer Scams Before You Become a Victim
These days, scams are everywhere—and they’re getting harder to spot. Scammers use fear, urgency, and trust to convince people to share personal information or send money before they realize what’s happening. Knowing the warning signs early can help you stay one step ahead and protect your money and identity.
Why Credit Monitoring Services Often Fail Identity Theft Victims
Data breaches are an increasingly prevalent problem for consumers, exposing sensitive information regarding their financial, healthcare, and other personal accounts to use by bad actors. In response, many companies and organizations targeted by data thieves offer to pay for their customers and clients to have access to credit monitoring services.
Identity Theft and Florida Homestead Properties: Preventing Deed Fraud
Owning a home in Florida is more than just a financial investment—it’s often your family’s most valuable asset. Unfortunately, identity thieves are finding new ways to target property owners by engaging in deed fraud. This type of fraud involves illegally transferring ownership of a home without the true owner’s knowledge, often through...
Sexual Harassment in Florida’s Hospitality Industry
Workplace sexual harassment happens when someone makes unwanted sexual comments, touches another person without their consent, or pressures another person into sexual acts at work. Do you work in the hospitality industry in Florida? If you’ve experienced such behavior to the point that it affects your ability to do your job or...
Credit Monitoring Services: What Florida Consumers Should Know Before Paying
Are you thinking about purchasing a credit monitoring service to protect your finances? Perhaps you received a notice that a data breach may have exposed your information, you’ve discovered fraudulent activity with your identity or financial accounts, or you’re merely worried about the potential for identity theft. Whatever the reason, it pays...
Child Sexual Abuse in Day Camps and Youth Sports
Day camps and youth sports offer children opportunities to learn, grow, and form lasting relationships. However, high-profile cases involving youth organizations and sexual abuse have raised concerns about safety among parents.
If your child participates in day camps and youth sports, you must know how to recognize the signs...
Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act: How It Protects Consumers
In Florida, the Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act protects consumers from unethical, misleading, or oppressive business practices by companies that sell goods and services in the state. Florida consumers should familiarize themselves with what may constitute a deceptive or unfair trade practice and the remedies they could seek under the law.
Recognizing Signs of Sexual Abuse in Foster Children
Foster children often enter care with deep emotional scars, but when new abuse happens inside a system meant to protect them, the harm cuts even deeper. Sexual abuse in foster care – including abuse between children – remains a serious and often hidden danger. Adults must know how to recognize the signs and act...
Where Do Most Sexual Assaults Take Place?
Sexual assault affects thousands of lives each year across the United States, including many here in Florida. Let’s explore the most common sites of these heinous crimes so that you can take appropriate precautions to keep yourself and your loved ones safe.
Common Locations of Sexual Assaults