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Lawsuit Points to Alleged New Tool in Debt-Collection Arsenal: Facebook
When Melanie Beacham was on medical leave from her job last summer, she got behind on her car payments. Although she called the finance company to explain, debt collectors not only telephoned her repeatedly but found another way to make...
Read MoreTips for Dealing with Debt Collectors
Recently, Credit Law attorney Craig Thor Kimmel appeared with NBC10’s Tracy Davidson on “Survive & Thrive” to discuss how consumers can fight back against debt collection harassment. Here is the clip:
Read MoreConsumer Rights and The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Consumer Attorney Craig Kimmel discusses consumer rights on KYW TV’s Talk Philly Program: [lite_youtube videoid="gYsjgcZ_ZVg"]
Read MoreConsumers Rights Protected Under the FDCPA
If you are receiving harassing calls from debt collectors, even if you owe the debt, you cannot be harassed, abused, threatened, or have others told about your debt! You have rights under federal law. Watch video of attorney Craig Kimmel speaking about the Fair...
Read MoreMan Sues Kentucky Law Firm Over Debt Collection Letter
MORGANTOWN – A man has filed a punitive class action lawsuit against the Kentucky-based law firm that he says illegally sent him a debt collection letter. Nicholas Davis claims he received a letter from defendant Mapother and Mapother in June...
Read MoreThree Lawyers Restricted from Debt Collection
Three out-of-state lawyers, accused of using unfair tactics to collect debts in Colorado, have been banned from collecting debts for periods ranging from three years to life, the Colorado attorney general’s office said Tuesday. Under a consent decree issued late...
Read MoreAre you the Victim of Sewer Service?
It’s a decades-old practice known in legal circles as “sewer service”. This occurs when a debt collector fails to properly serve a notice of complaint (litigation) upon the defendant (debtor) and then files a false affidavit claiming the notice has...
Read MoreDebt Collection Agencies Must Prove That Debt Exists
Consumer credit laws are being created in many states that will force debt collection agencies to prove that the debt they purchased for pennies on the dollar exists and the consumer legitimately owes the money. North Carolina recently passed a...
Read MoreDebt Collection Empire Upends Credit Card Disputes
New York Financier J. Michael Cline had built a complex, billion dollar empire in the debt collection business, handling both sides of arbitration disputes for debt collectors through Minneapolis based NAF (National Arbitration Forum) and Axiant, LLC, a firm he...
Read MoreLaw Firm’s Debt Collection Review Violated Federal Act
A New York judge has determined that a law firm violated the Federal Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) after it mass produced collection letters and litigation documents from it’s computer system without a thorough review of the alleged debt. The law firm...
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