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Sometimes you can fix your legal problem yourself. Here are forms, on-line applications, and information that may help you handle your problem. Some legal problems have deadlines which must be met or you lose your rights. You might need Adobe Acrobat reader for some information. To download this free software, click here.
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Better Business Bureau Auto Line
(Separate Website)
Click for information about the Better Business Bureau's page "Consumer Help with a Lemon Law Complaint or Vehicle Defect." The site also has information about filing a complaint with its AUTO LINE system.
By: Better Business Bureau
Consumer Action Handbook
(Separate Website)
Order FREE 2007 Consumer Action Handbook - help with your consumer problems and complaints.
By: Consumer Action Website-Federal Citizen Information Center
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Consumer Action Website
(Separate Website)
Federal agency website with lots of consumer information and resources.
By: Federal Citizen Information Center
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
File a Consumer Fraud Complaint
(Separate Website)
Online complaint to the Louisiana Attorney General's Consumer Protection Section.
By: Office of the Louisiana Attorney General
Home Improvement and Repair
(Separate Website)
With most home improvements, federal law gives you three business days to cancel without penalty. Of course you would be liable for any benefit already received. But avoid problems - tips on what to do when selecting a contractor.
By: Consumer Action Website-Federal Citizen Information Center
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
Louisiana Desk Manual - Consumer Law Chapter 2005 Strategies for Representing Consumers
By: Gillis W. Long Poverty Law Center & New Orleans Legal Assistance (an office of Southeast La. Legal Services)
The Mediation Center
(Separate Website)
Excerpt from Web site: "The Loyola Mediation Center (MC) provides mediation services, at [no] cost, to parties who have agreed to mediate a dispute, or have been referred to mediation by the court."
By: Loyola University New Orleans
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The Mediation Center
(Separate Website)
See this information from Loyola University School of Law, which has a mediation clinic.
By: Loyola University New Orleans
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