ongoing
investigations

The Almeida Law Group is a burgeoning leader in the pursuit of preserving consumers’ privacy and security against seemingly never-ending intrusions.

keeping companies accountable

We are keeping companies accountable for the failures to protect consumers’ sensitive and confidential information as well as challenging their ubiquitous collection of all manner of sensitive information without consent.

Hospital and Telehealth Data Sharing

We are investigating claims that many of the nation’s largest healthcare systems and telehealth companies have been sharing patients’ protected health information with third parties, including Facebook and Google, for marketing purposes.

Almeida Law Group healthcare whistleblowers

data privacy & security

Whenever we go online, whether it is to shop, bank or use social media. our confidential personal data is captured—often instantaneously and without knowledge or consent— by many companies. It is their responsibility to safeguard our data and protect it from being stolen and used illegally. However, in today’s rapidly changing digital environment, data breaches are an almost daily occurrence. Companies sometimes also harvest user data to serve their own purposes, without consent from their customers. These potentially illegal practices raise many troubling concerns, including fraud, invasion of privacy and identity theft.

Almeida Law Group healthcare whistleblowers

dangerous chemicals in household products

Many companies—in order to get an advantage over their competitors or for other reasons—take advantage of consumers by fraudulently or deceptively attributing qualities to their products that do not exist. Or they do not inform consumers that their products contain potentially harmful ingredients. These issues are particularly acute for health products and those for infants and toddlers.

Almeida Law Group healthcare whistleblowers

exploitation of small private business

We are litigating several cases on behalf of small businesses victimized by predatory lending practices, including so-called merchant cash advance programs whereby lenders purport to “advance” money to small businesses based on their projected income. In reality, these transactions are often loans by another name and the lure of “fast cash” often turns in a nightmare as the lenders charge criminally usurious interest rates, impose unconscionable fees and do everything possible, legal and otherwise, to ensure that these supposedly non-recourse advances are paid back in full, with interest and fees.