Consumer Fraud Lawyer
Consumer Fraud Laws protect consumers and businesses from unfair, unconscionable, deceptive and illegal conduct in trade and commerce. Examples of such conduct include fraud, pyramid schemes, Ponzi schemes, misleading advertising or marketing of products and services, excessive or undisclosed fees and almost any “get-rich-quick” scheme.
Our Experience
A criminal’s mind knows no limits. Whether its misleading advertising, bait and switches or a Ponzi scheme, Criden & Love has represented clients who have been injured by such conduct. Whether by class action or private individual action, Criden & Love has successfully recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for its clients (or class members) who have been injured by deceptive and unfair practices. Some of the cases in which Criden & Love has been involved in are set out below.
Sample Cases
Aronstein v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (D. Mass)
Criden & Love brought class action against MassMutual on behalf of a class of policyholders who purchased MassMutual annuities due to MassMutual’s failure to pay minimum guaranteed interest; Trial on March 12, 2020 – awaiting verdict.
Bardmoor Cancer Center v. Aetna (American Arbitration Association)
Criden & Love brought a class arbitration against Aetna for not paying for certain services related to cancer treatment that Medicare and all other insurers paid for; settled with Aetna paying 100% of all claims.
Curtis v. BOP LLC and Amazon.com, Inc. (American Arbitration Association)
Criden & Love brought claims against Shopbop for deceptive product return practice.
Doe v. The College Board and Educational Testing Service (M.D. Fla.)
Criden & Love brought claims on behalf of students who took the SAT exam in August 2018, which was a duplicate of a previously administered exam in Asia.
Hernandez v. Florida Department of Revenue (Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida)
Criden & Love brought class action against the Florida Department of Revenue for illegally collecting taxes on mortgages written by federal and state credit unions; pending.
Macias v. TD Bank, N.A. (D.N.J.)
Criden & Love served as Co-Lead Counsel against bank for improperly counting change in their coin counting machines. (settled for $7,500,000)
Mase & Lara v. Archive America, Inc. (Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Florida)
Represented law firm against storage company for deceptive practices; settled for $460,000.
Shea v. New York Life Ins. Co. (S.D. Fla.)
Criden & Love served as Co-Lead Counsel on behalf of investors in limited partnerships alleging that insurer falsely represented risks and returns of limited partnership interests; settled for nearly $200 million.
West Hills Emergency Medical Associates, Inc. v. Anthem (Superior Court, Los Angeles, California)
Criden & Love successfully settled action on behalf of emergency room providers against Anthem for improperly preventing lawful balance billing.