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		<title>Matco Tools, TD Bank Franchise Class Action Lawsuit: Something Screwy?</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/matco-tools-td-bank-franchise-class-action-lawsuit-something-screwy-09151.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/matco-tools-td-bank-franchise-class-action-lawsuit-something-screwy-09151.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Commerce Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matco Tools Class Action Lawsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matco Tools Franchise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TD Bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Screwdriver1-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Screwdriver" title="Screwdriver" />A class action lawsuit, filed by David Villano III and his father, David Villano, Jr., alleges that Matco Tools and TD Bank (Commerce Bank at the time—TD Bank has since acquired Commerce) conspired to make Matco Tools franchise opportunities appear a bit rosier than perhaps they really are.]]></description>
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		<title>Wells Fargo Mortgage Fine: Largest Ever &amp; No Wrongdoing</title>
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		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/wells-fargo-mortgage-fine-largest-ever-no-wrongdoing-08456.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter West</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sub-prime Mortgage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s a big one. Wells Fargo—the fourth largest bank in the country in terms of assets—was assessed the largest fine ever issued by the US Federal Reserve (The Fed) for allegedly pushing borrowers into more expensive mortgages, and in so doing helping to foster the sub-prime mortgage mess. These were borrowers with good credit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mary Watson v. Plastic: A Tale of One Pissed-Off Retailer</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/mary-watson-v-plastic-a-tale-of-one-pissed-off-retailer-07447.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/mary-watson-v-plastic-a-tale-of-one-pissed-off-retailer-07447.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter West</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of Nova Scotia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMO Financial Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital One]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Card fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MasterCard International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Bank of Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retailer fees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toronto-Dominion Bank]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been ticked off at credit card companies for a long time, haven&#8217;t we? The high interest rates, the late-payment fees, and the propensity to jack up the rates at the drop of a hat. Congress finally called the credit card companies to the carpet and forced them to reign in some of their practices—although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Life Insurance Agents Sued for Elder Financial Abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/ny-life-insurance-agents-sued-for-elder-financial-abuse-06683.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/ny-life-insurance-agents-sued-for-elder-financial-abuse-06683.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LucyC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elder Care Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elder abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance Fraud]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beware of Agents Bearing &#8216;Gifts&#8217;? What would you do with 20 life insurance policies? Would you even buy 20 life insurance polices? Probably not, that is, if you knew what you were doing. Mary Mullen, an institutionalized senior—in her 80s—with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, did not know what she was doing and so relied on salesmen from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carr Miller: 7 Should&#8217;ve Seen it Coming Signs (Brian Austin Green included)</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/carr-miller-7-shouldve-seen-it-coming-signs-brian-austin-green-included-06327.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/carr-miller-7-shouldve-seen-it-coming-signs-brian-austin-green-included-06327.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[carr-miller-capital-ponzi-scheme]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/?p=6327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Carr Miller lives here Hindsight is 20-20, that&#8217;s for sure. And while the Carr Miller Ponzi scheme charges are currently in &#8220;alleged&#8221; mode, I couldn&#8217;t help but do some surfing around—just who the hell is Carr Miller Capital? After all, I grew up in NJ (&#8220;Joisey&#8221;—ok, I said it) so shouldn&#8217;t I know something about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Drywall: Now Finger&#8217;s Pointing at Banks</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/chinese-drywall-now-fingers-pointing-at-banks-05663.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/chinese-drywall-now-fingers-pointing-at-banks-05663.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LucyC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defective Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chinese drywall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it seems like the perfect storm has arrived on the doorsteps of American banks. For quite some time the pressure has been building around banking practices, specifically due diligence on foreclosures, which has recently resulted in a rash of class action lawsuits in various states across the country (see above chart for the breakdown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowners Latest Grind: Foreclosure Mills</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/homeowners-latest-grind-foreclosure-mills-05493.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/homeowners-latest-grind-foreclosure-mills-05493.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LucyC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC Home Loans Servicing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GMAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LaSalle Bank]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/?p=5493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the banks just can&#8217;t stay out of the news these days—for all the wrong reasons. In addition to claims that they charge excessive fees and suspect overdraft charges, several banks are now facing lawsuits filed by emboldened homeowners, presumably with nothing left to lose, over their foreclosure procedures. And it looks like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mandatory Arbitration Lacks Sexiness of Gekko&#8217;s Greed Speech, but&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/mandatory-arbitration-lacks-sexiness-of-gekkos-greed-speech-but-05097.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/mandatory-arbitration-lacks-sexiness-of-gekkos-greed-speech-but-05097.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristine B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps just out, you can&#8217;t think about securities fraud and financial wrongdoing without thinking about Gordon Gekko and his classic line about greed (it&#8217;s good)&#8230;but let&#8217;s step back from fantasy and consider a bit of reality&#8230; So you&#8217;ve invested some money and now you&#8217;re concerned that you got some bad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>14 Signs of Financial Elder Abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/14-signs-of-financial-elder-abuse-03833.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/14-signs-of-financial-elder-abuse-03833.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristine B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elder abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elder care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senior abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senior citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/?p=3833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are few things we at LawyersandSettlements.com cover that are as heartbreaking as financial elder abuse. The stories about senior citizens who have worked their entire lives to care for family members while ensuring that they, themselves, would be financially stable in their later years—only to have loved ones steal from them—arouse a combination of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AG Edwards Settlement has Plaintiffs Ticked Off</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/ag-edwards-settlement-has-plaintiffs-ticked-off-03183.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/ag-edwards-settlement-has-plaintiffs-ticked-off-03183.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Action]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AG Edwards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mutual Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And I have to say, I&#8217;d be ticked too. Plaintiffs got a little gift in their mailboxes last week: they received notice of the proposed settlement from the AG Edwards class action. Guess how much some plaintiffs are receiving? The initial report of the proposed settlement put the average payout at $20-25 customer. One commenter at [...]]]></description>
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