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Forced Arbitration, a Problem for Many Americans, is Especially Problematic for Service Members

Bell Law, LLC
December 28, 2021
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and Military Lending Act

Military personnel, who offer to put their lives on the line in defense of their country, are entitled to a number of consumer protections….

WHITE PAPER ADDENDUM – Missouri Senate Bill 591: Overview of Why It Is Bad Law

Bell Law, LLC
December 2, 2021
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SB 591, as well as its predecessors in spirit, favors BIG business, not small. Small businesses, unless they are genuinely bad actors, have not…

WHITE PAPER – The Missouri Merchandising Practices Act Under Attack: On the Act’s History, Evolution, and Continuing Importance

Bell Law, LLC
December 2, 2021
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Andrew Taylor March 2020 1. Why Was the Merchandising Practices Act Enacted? A Brief History of the Act. The Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (“MMPA”…

Dangers of Peer-to-Peer Payment Services like Cash App and Venmo

Bell Law, LLC
October 5, 2021
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More than twenty years after PayPal, the country’s first peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service, was launched, nearly three in four Americans now use these types…

Guarding Against Common Cryptocurrency Scams

Bell Law, LLC
September 23, 2021
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Some of the oldest tried-and-true scams have found new life in the wild, wild west of cryptocurrency trading. Many Americans who had never heard…

How the FTC’s Used Car Rule Protects Consumers

Bell Law, LLC
August 27, 2021
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has a rule on the books that applies to all used car dealerships that sell or offer to sell…

Was Your Vehicle Wrongfully Repossessed by Wells Fargo?

Bell Law, LLC
August 16, 2021
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Some Missouri residents have recently received letters, as well as checks, from megabank Wells Fargo with regard to auto repossessions that took place years…

Colorado Expands Consumer Privacy Protection

Bell Law, LLC
July 8, 2021
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By adopting comprehensive data privacy laws for consumers, Colorado became one of just a handful of states that have successfully updated consumer-protection statutes to…

PART 3: What You Can Do About Non-Disclosure Disclosure

Bell Law, LLC
March 20, 2021
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“Buyer beware.” It’s just about the oldest adage in the book when it comes to routine monetary transactions and consumer rights. Many people take…

PART 2 OF 3: ‘Non-Disclosure Disclosure’ is Real and Dangerous — Here Are the Stories to Prove It

Bell Law, LLC
February 19, 2021
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Before reading Part 2, please see Part 1 of our series on non-disclosure disclosure to get an idea of what the practice is and how…

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