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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...
Read MoreProtect 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.
Read MoreOcwen 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...
Read MoreKimmel & 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...
Read MoreCFPB 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...
Read MoreHonda 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...
Read MoreTime 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...
Read MoreDebt 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...
Read MoreFCC 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...
Read MoreUber 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....
Read MoreCFPB 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...
Read MoreJoin 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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