Miscellaneous

• Ironic Identity Theft Problem at the Federal Trade Commision

  Staff Writer | June 23, 2006 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Ironically, yesterday the Federal Trade Commission, the federal agency tasked with the responsibility for investigating and prosecuting incidents of identity theft, issued a press release admitting that two of its laptop computers had been stolen exposing approximately 110 people to the prospect of identity theft. I thought that by publicly admitting that the incident occurred and providing a...

• Identity Thefts Continue

  Staff Writer | June 19, 2006 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  I've written in the past about how Arizona is the number one state in the nation regarding incidents of identity theft. Well, unfortunately it appears that other states want to catch up. Yesterday, I heard about the most recent theft of personal confidential information and social security numbers from an financial company known as ING Financial Services. Apparently, thieves stole a laptop...

• Recent Litigation Involving Arizona Court of Appeals Judges

  Staff Writer | June 10, 2006 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Years ago, I worked at the Arizona Court of Appeals so when I came across this article reporting that two Arizona Court of Appeals judges had been named as defendants in separate discrimination lawsuits, I became disheartened. I must say that my experiences at the Arizona Court of Appeals were terrific. I had a chance to meet some extremely bright and intelligent people who brought judicial...

• Does Your Insurance Company Treat You Fairly?

  Staff Writer | June 07, 2006 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Today I came across an article from the Los Angeles Times discussing record insurance company profits for 2005. In this article, I learned that profits from homeowner and automobile industry business lines totaled a record 44.8 billion dollars last year. Wow! I found these figures amazing in light of natural disasters which occurred last year such as Hurricane Katrina. Profits increased by...

• Supreme Court to Hear Punitive Damage Case

  Staff Writer | June 01, 2006 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Yesterday I heard that the United States Supreme Court agreed to review a case concerning the appropriateness of an award of punitive damages against the Phillip Morris Company. This case involves allegations that Phillip Morris wilfully concealed the dangers of smoking for years and that this conduct was "extraordinarily reprehensible." According to the Oregon Supreme Court, such...

• Identity Theft Resources

  Staff Writer | May 31, 2006 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  I have yet another comment on resources available for identity theft victims. As I have previously written, unfortunately Arizona is number one! I say unfortunately because this statistic concerns the number of identity theft victims in our state compared to the rest of the nation. Because these statistics are staggering, I will continue to provide information and resources to assist identity...

• Abusive Litigation Tactics

  Staff Writer | May 26, 2006 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  I must preface this entry and my remarks by saying that my source of information comes exclusively from a newspaper account and by briefly reviewing a judge's order known as a minute entry. However, the facts in the newspaper story and in the judge's discussion of the events have led me to point to this recent case as an example of conduct which gives our profession a bad name. A Maricopa...

• Employer Identity Theft Prevention Resources

  Staff Writer | May 25, 2006 4:49 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Kudos to Rite Aid Corp., publisher Reed Elsevier PLC, and Qwest Communications for taking some steps to protect employee identity theft victims by offering various resolution services as a workplace employment benefit. Clearly the best form of protection simply requires that companies lock down private and confidential information and prevent identity theft in the first place.Identity theft...

• Major Identity Theft Problems in the Military

  Staff Writer | May 22, 2006 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Well this surprising news story just came down today. Thieves have stolen sensitive personal identifying information on over twenty-six million five hundred thousand United States military veterans including social security numbers, dates of birth and other personal information. Thieves were able to steal this private data from one Veterans Affairs' employee who apparently took this...

• Example of a Frivolous Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | May 15, 2006 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  In order to be fair and balanced with my entries on this site, I just found an example of what I would consider a frivolous lawsuit at least as reported by the media. Before explaining the details, I wanted to say that I still firmly believe that this example reflects but a small portion of the outstanding litigation in our country. In fact, more than anything, I believe that media reports...