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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...
Read MorePressler & Pressler Hit with Class Action
In a recent article published by NJ Law Journal, it was reported that a putative class action has been filed against the largest collections firm in New Jersey, Pressler & Pressler. This news comes in the wake of a recent ruling...
Read MoreCFPB Pursues Georgia Firm for “Cookie-Cutter” Debt Collection Lawsuits
Imagine having paid-off a debt only to receive a legal notice years down the line insisting you owe more money. That’s what happened to Eduardo Austin of Atlanta, GA, who paid off a $2,400 credit card bill only to discover...
Read MoreCFPB Looks to Regulate Debt Collection
According to a recent article by the Washington Post, American households struggling with debt collection have a new ally in their fight to stay out of legal trouble with debt-collection firms: the United States government. Next year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
Read MoreArizona Governor Signs Bill that Helps Debt Collectors
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has approved legislation making it easier for debt collectors to go after defaulting consumers and small businesses. Brewer signed House Bill 2664 into law today. The measure allows collection agencies to use final billing statements as a basis...
Read MoreCollection Calls as a Result of Identity Theft
In most cases, people who receive collection calls accrued the debt themselves and have fallen behind on their payments. In some instances, however, these charges are a result of identity theft. Because people rely on technology to pay bills and...
Read MoreBoom in Debt Buying Fuels Another Boom in Lawsuits
Across the nation, there is a surge in lawsuits against people who aren’t paying their bills, driven by the debt-buying industry that has surged in the past three years as debt has become cheaper and cheaper to buy amid hard...
Read MoreCollection Agency Faced Sanctions After Wrongly Identifying a Debtor
The collection agency of Pressler & Pressler has a track record of wrongfully identifying consumers and strings of violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. In a recent case, Mr. Mark Hoyte was wrongfully identified by Pressler & Pressler as...
Read MoreDebt Collectors Face a Hazard of Writers Cramp
When Michael Gazzarato took a job that required him to sign hundreds of affidavits in a single day, he had one demand for his employer: a much better pen. “They tried to get me to do it with a Bic,...
Read MoreNY Law Firm Files 80,000 Suits a Year with 14 Lawyers
Cohen & Slamowitz has only 14 lawyers on staff, but it manages to file about 80,000 lawsuits a year. The Woodbury, N.Y., firm files debt collection suits, and it uses computer software to help prepare its cases, the New York...
Read MoreWEEU 830AM Interview with Debt Collection Harassment Attorney Craig Kimmel
Debt Collection Harassment Attorney Craig Thor Kimmel was recently interviewed by the radio talk show, “The Voice”, on WEEU 830AM in Berks County, PA. In this interview Craig explains how CreditLaw.com helps consumers with debt collection harassment and violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices...
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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