Tyler Foster
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Florida renters who paid eviction attorney fees before a court awarded them would get three-quarters back automatically if they owe Progress Residential less than they paid, with opt-outs due November 20
A proposed settlement would return 75 percent of the eviction attorney fees that a Progress Residential affiliate charged Florida renters before any court awarded them,...
Congress cleared a bill that would rename Social Security’s claiming ages, and SSA would have until the later of January 1, 2027 or a year after signing to relabel its notices
Congress has passed a bill that would retire the phrases early eligibility age, full retirement age and delayed retirement credit from Social Security’s letters and...
Federal benefit recipients on a Direct Express card now reach two service lines, 1-888-741-1115 for cards starting 5332 and 1-833-347-9777 for 5141
Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service now lists two customer service numbers for the Direct Express card, and the right one depends on the first...
A surviving spouse can claim at 60 at 71.5% of the late worker’s benefit, or wait for 100%, and Social Security never pays two benefits together
Social Security lets a surviving spouse start a survivor benefit at age 60, but the first check is only 71.5% of what the late worker...
An inspector general report projects 17,170 disabled beneficiaries could have been entitled to about $124.7 million in higher retirement benefits, with roughly $84 million now unpayable
Social Security’s inspector general projects that 17,170 disabled beneficiaries could have been entitled to about $124.7 million in higher retirement benefits that the agency never...
AT&T’s breach settlement cleared about 3.92 million claims on October 2 and rejected 1,099,732, including 804,381 flagged as fraudulent, with no money moving until the November 2 appeal window closes
A federal judge in Texas approved AT&T’s $177 million data breach settlement on October 2, and the claims count that came with the order shows...
Medicare members whose plan is not renewed for 2027 can switch from December 8 to the last day of February, a window that outlasts the December 7 enrollment deadline
A Medicare plan that is not renewed for 2027 hands its members a switching window that opens December 8 and runs through the last day...
Social Security’s 2027 increase turns on one more reading: the September consumer price index, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the morning of October 14
Three monthly readings of an inflation index set Social Security’s 2027 raise, and the last one arrives at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, October 14,...
Social Security is appealing a judgment that ordered it to recalculate and back-pay children of early retirees to May 10, 2024, with the next brief in the appeal due October 14
Social Security is appealing a federal judgment that ordered it to recalculate the benefits of children whose parents claimed retirement early and to pay the...
Veterans Day falls on November’s second Wednesday, so Social Security’s own holiday rule pays beneficiaries born on the 1st through the 10th who filed in May 1997 or later on Tuesday, November 10
Social Security beneficiaries born on the 1st through the 10th of a month are due to be paid on Tuesday, November 10, one day ahead...
Concora Credit’s prerecorded-call settlement sets an estimated $250 to $650 for cellphone users who were not accountholders, with claims due Oct. 19
Concora Credit Inc. has agreed to pay $9.375 million to settle a federal lawsuit over prerecorded phone calls, but only $8.375 million of that goes...
CBIZ’s data breach settlement for a 19,990-person class is taking claims until Dec. 24
A mailed postcard carrying a LoginID and a PIN is the only key to a $485,000 settlement over a 2024 data breach at CBIZ, the...
Zillow says fixer-upper homes are selling below expectations while move-in-ready homes sell above them
Zillow says homes that need work are selling for 14 percent less than similar homes were expected to fetch, while turnkey homes are selling for...
The SEC sued former Linqto executives Oct. 9, alleging a Linqto subsidiary sold over $430 million in private-company stakes, almost all offerings priced above fair value
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued two former Linqto executives Oct. 9, alleging that a Linqto subsidiary sold more than $430 million in investment vehicles...
Some New York Medicaid adults who apply before Jan. 1 or renew before March 1, 2027 get 12 months of coverage if eligible, state and Westchester County say
New York is giving some Medicaid adults a full year of coverage before a new six-month renewal cycle begins, if the application comes before Jan....
Sliced bacon averaged $6.605 a pound in August, down from $7.208 a year earlier, Bureau of Labor Statistics price data show
Sliced bacon averaged $6.605 a pound across U.S. cities in August, down from $7.208 a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That...