Consumer Protection Attorneys

Everyone is entitled to fair and honest treatment from corporations. As a consumer in Portland, you have rights and protections under Oregon law against deceptive advertising and sales practices.

This includes the right to dispute fraudulent charges and unfair debt collection practices. There’s also the:

• Right to data privacy
• Right to be left alone
• Right to accurate credit reporting

Knowing these rights can help you fight back against corporate fraud. Common consumer protection cases we’ve seen involve hidden fees, defective products, false advertising, illegal robocalls, and abusive debt collection.

In fact, we helped a man in Oregon who was harassed by a debt collector trying to collect $1,096 for a bank he claimed he never did business with. The case was dismissed, and the debtor was ordered to pay over $19,000.

Some examples of other fraudulent business practices include:

• Falsely advertising a product’s features, price, or quality.
• Hiding important terms in the fine print of contracts.
• Making unauthorized charges to a consumer’s credit card.
• Harassing a debtor or trying to collect an invalid debt.
• Reporting inaccurate negative information on a credit report.
• Making unwanted robocalls to a person’s phone.

If you have experienced any of these violations from a business, it’s important to speak to a knowledgeable attorney right away.