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Craig Kimmel on Milwaukee TV Talking About Robocalls

We’ve all seen those annoying, random calls on our cell phones. They happen while you eat, while you sleep, while you work – your phone rings with unwanted calls from unknown numbers. They might be robocalls, fake sales calls or...

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Protect yourself: The best ways to stop unwanted robocalls

Consumer Attorney Amy L.B. Ginsburg talks with Walt Kane of News12 about unwanted robocalls as part of this exclusive 4-part series from News 12 Networks in New Jersey.

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Ocwen Financial Blowing Up Your Cell? Stop the Calls and Receive Thousands

A National class action suit has been filed against Ocwen for violating consumer rights and continuously harassing consumers with automated cell phone calls. However, the remedies being offered in this class action provide a small fraction of what consumers could...

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Kimmel & Silverman Wins $300,000 for Harmarville, PA Client Against Navient

When Paul DeMuth fell behind on his student loan payments, he started receiving collection calls from Navient, formerly part of Sallie Mae. They called multiple times a day and even when he asked them to stop, they kept coming. He...

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CFPB Considers Suing Student Loan Giant Navient For Cheating Borrowers

Federal regulators are considering suing Navient Corp., the nation’s largest student loan company, for allegedly cheating borrowers, the company said Monday. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has been investigating the company for nearly two years, sent Navient a letter...

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Honda Settles Discrimination Claims with Justice Department

Car manufacturer, American Honda Motor Co., reached a settlement on Tuesday to resolve allegations that the company discriminated against minority car buyers by marking up interest rates on loans, a practice industry experts describe as common because of the discretion...

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Time Warner Owes $229,500 for Robocalls to the Wrong Person

Many people dislike receiving robocalls. Araceli King disliked receiving 153 of them from a single company. A Manhattan federal judge ruled that Time Warner Cable must pay insurance claims specialist Araceli King, $229,500 for placing 153 automated calls to her...

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Debt Collector Green Tree Responsible for Burden of Proof

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, debt collectors contacting third parties to locate debtors must show that the contact was purely to locate the debtor. In this case, Patricia...

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FCC Strengthens Consumer Protections Against Unwanted Calls, Texts

FCC STRENGTHENS CONSUMER PROTECTIONS AGAINST UNWANTED CALLS AND TEXTS Commission Responds to Requests from Businesses and Attorneys General for Guidance on Robocall Blocking, Autodialers, Recycled Phone Numbers and More WASHINGTON, June 18, 2015 – The Federal Communications Commission today adopted a...

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Uber Sued in Class Action for Alleged Text-Message Spamming

A class action filed against Uber Technologies Inc. (Uber) alleges that the San Francisco-based company has been spamming consumer cellphones with text messages. The class action, filed December 2015, claims Uber sent unsolicited text messages to consumers without their express prior consent....

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CFPB Reports 88,300 Debt Collection Complaints in 2014

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released its 2015 Annual Report, providing an in-depth look at the thousands of consumer complaints received by the Bureau in 2014. A staggering 88,300 complaints, 35% of those made to the CFPB, related to...

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Join us on Reddit for a Credit Law AMA Thursday, June 4, 2015

UPDATE: Check out the AMA on Reddit. Do you have questions about debt collection harassment and continuous cellphone calls from collectors and solicitors? On June 4, 2015 at 11:00 am, Kimmel & Silverman founding partner Craig T. Kimmel will be hosting...

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