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From the "Corporations out of Control" file: Disney is defending a lawsuit for a personal injury at a restaurant at one of its properties on the grounds the plaintiff clicked on a terms of service agreement for Disney plus television service. I am inclined to cancel my Disney Plus service, but I would like to do it as part of an organized effort so they get the point.

Disney wants to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit because of a Disney Plus agreement The plaintiff thinks Disney’s argument “borders on the absurd.”

It's May in Indianapolis, and that means racing. (Well, this year it still means basketball too.) Most people coming to Indianapolis are surprised at the size of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The oval is 2.5 miles, but there are also surrounding grounds. There are other race tracks bigger, but rarely in the middle of a city. The first Indianapolis 500 was in 1911, but there were other races there a few years before, including motorcycles, balloons and airplanes. The city grew up around the track, and the track to a certain degree sparked the growth of the city. The Allison Engine Company started as a company to supply racing engines to the Indianapolis race teams. In WWI the company got into the aircraft engine business. In WWII, Allison engines powered all of the P-38 Lightnings, all of the P-39s, most of the P-40s and the early P-51 Mustangs, and all of those engines were built in Indianapolis. Postwar, Allison got into jet and turboprop engines. 20 years ago or so, Allison was acquired by Rolls Royce and merged into Rolls Royce's aircraft engine operations. If you ever visit Indianapolis, take a half day and visit the motor speedway. Try to wait about a year though because the Speedway museum is closed for refurbishment and expansion that will last about another year.

Thursday was the "Delivery Event" for the Tesla Cybertruck. What do you think of it?

Tesla Cybertruck DRIVEN! “It’ll never see the light of day…” So says the perplexed gentleman standing next to what we have just explained is the production version of a pickup with f...

New York has an interesting legislative approach towards making Amazon warehouses less hostile to their workers.

New York Targets Amazon With Law Aimed At Protecting Workers The Warehouse Worker Protection Act aims to crack down on stringent work quotas.

If you are looking for an attorney in Indiana to handle a Pink Energy/ Power Home Solar case, please go to our consumer law website, www.hoferlawindy.com and fill out a quick contact form. Since the bankruptcy hit we have been working hard to call everybody back, but it has been a challenge.

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Pink Energy filed bankruptcy leaving 25,000 to 50,000 customers in the lurch, $140 million in liabilities. You may have fouled something up in life, but I doubt that you ever fouled anything up as much as they mucked up Pink Energy. If you are in Indiana and have a Pink Energy, Power Home Solar problem, or a problem with any of their finance companies, please check out my post below.

Pink Energy solar company files for bankruptcy leaving customers in the dark The company’s customers are concerned they’ll be stuck with huge loan payments for solar panel systems that aren’t delivering.

Earlier this month, Pink Energy, formerly known as Power Home Solar, filed for bankruptcy leaving thousands of customers with nonfunctioning/faulty systems and loans often approaching $100,000. We are currently putting together a special workgroup to handle these complex cases. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN ONLY HANDLE THESE CASES FOR INDIANA CLIENTS. Our goal is to set up a system that handles the cases efficiently productively, and at an affordable cost, and with open client communication channels during the whole process.

If you are in Indiana and have a problem involving Pink Energy (or any solar provider actually), please fill out a quick contact form at our consumer law website www.hoferlawindy.com.

If you are outside of Indiana, please go to https://www.consumeradvocates.org/findanattorney/

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After teaming up with attorney Keith Hagan on most of my cases for the last 5 years, we decided to make our practices a formal partnership and form the law firm of Hofer Hagan LLP. I expect this page will either get a name change or be replaced soon. We are fiddling around with our website and some other stuff. I'm sure there will be more announcements later.

In November, new "Regulation F" goes into effect. This regulation amounts to the biggest change in consumer rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in a generation. You can read about it here:

FDCPA to be Amended Effective November 30, 2021 by New Regulation F - LexBlog Effective November 30, 3031, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will enact Regulation F to 12 C.F.R. 1006, which will be the first comprehensive federal debt collection regulations interpreting the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act (FDCPA). The FDCPA was enacted in 1977 “to eliminate ...

The dirty little secret is nobody completely understands our economy right now. We have inflation right now originating due to price-spikes due to limited supply of demanded things, that can generate more widespread inflation, but in that case interest rates would be rising in lock-step, which they’re not. Comments?

Ford announced that it is eliminating the FICO credit score requirement for its 84-month loans. Yes, that's a 7-year loan. Folks, if you have to put a vehicle on a 7-year loan, you really have to think twice or three times whether you can actually afford that vehicle. I will admit, however, that a new vehicle on a 7-year loan is better than a 5-year-old vehicle on a 5-year loan (which I see a lot), or a 10-year-old vehicle on a 4-year loan (which I also see a lot.) I must admit I have gotten a little testy lately fielding calls from people who buy 10 year old cars and are upset when the vehicles need repair within a few months. No, these vehicles aren't lemons. They are just old cars. https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2021/10/car-loans-get-longer-rentals-vehicles-get-older/

Do you live in Indiana and have a problem with a long-distance moving company? If so, I'd like to hear from you.

The consumer law bar, and other aligned groups made some progress in the fight against mandatory pre-dispute arbitration clauses in consumer and employment contracts during the Obama administration. That progress ground to a halt in the Trump years. I hope we can regain that momentum. Here's an example of what lack of an arbitration clause can mean.

Tesla Worker’s $137 Million Win Is Hard to Replicate—Here’s Why Former Tesla Inc. factory worker Owen Diaz won a rare $137 million race discrimination verdict against the electric automaker that other workers will have difficulty duplicating, as he overcame legal hurdles that typically torpedo harassment claims or keep them out of court.

President Joe Biden had a speech today about a draft executive order calling for various agencies to take action in 72 different areas where the status quo amounts to an abuse of economic power. This could be a f- big deal (in Biden speak).

Most of these 72 points address issues that academics have been using as examples of economic inefficiency and injustice for the better part of a century now. I haven't had time to parse the details, I'm really encouraged by what I've seen so far, because I think this speech shows that Joe Biden "gets it."

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The website Elliott Advocacy has posted about an increase in smoking charges by hotels and car rental companies. Often these charges aren’t justified; however, it is hard to find a lawyer to contest a $200 fee. This article explains self-help measures you can take when you are charged a smoking fee.

How to get a surprise hotel smoking fee reversed? Like this - Elliott Advocacy Getting a hotel smoking fee reversed isn't easy -- even if you're a non-smoker. Or a determined consumer advocate. But it can be done. Here's how.

Are you a former Celadon driver who has been sued by Quality Leasing? If so, call me at 317-662-4529. You may have defenses you don’t know about.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/05/ajit-pai-promised-cheaper-internet-real-prices-rose-19-percent-instead/?fbclid=IwAR2BWuJQG2cePx32KeY09dJhRcj7owvSpGrPqP6Mg5cWxlXL0v1DSoyBY7s

Ajit Pai promised cheaper Internet—real prices rose 19 percent instead Home-Internet prices rose four times faster than inflation in Trump era.

Over the years, I have noticed a disproportionate number of crooked businesses advertise themselves as "Christian" businesses or use the fish logo. I think it is better to show it by your actions.

I found this very interesting. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/02/15/966848542/the-pandemic-pushed-this-farmer-into-deep-poverty-then-something-amazing-happene

The Pandemic Pushed This Farmer Into Deep Poverty. Then Something Amazing Happened Togo wanted to distribute millions of dollars to its citizens in dire straits. There was just one daunting problem: How could it identify the neediest of the needy?

False imprisonment at car dealers is a real thing. This kind of lawsuit is a high stakes poker game. You don’t know if a jury will award $1,000 or $100,000. https://jalopnik.com/apparently-some-car-dealers-think-its-ok-to-detain-cust-1846238476

Apparently Some Car Dealers Think It's OK To Detain Customers Against Their Will You would think that by 2021 car dealers would have wised up and fixed the broken mess that is car shopping. Many stores have adapted, but some are still relying on classic “stealership” tricks. One of the most egregious is preventing someone from leaving the showroom.