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EDITORIAL NEWS

  • Show Me Your Judgments & I’ll Show You the Money!

    By: Robert Pinchuck, Publisher My Dad, Warren Pinchuck, tells a story about pushing me in my baby stroller at a CLLA Conference in NYC way back in the early 1960’s …

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • NARCA – The National Creditors Bar Association – Spring Conference

    NARCA – The National Creditors Bar Association – Spring Conference

    Location: JW Marriott – Austin, TX Date: May 16-19, 2018
  • Joint CLLA National/IACC Mid-Year Conference

    Joint CLLA National/IACC Mid-Year Conference

    Location: Chicago, IL Date: June 6-9, 2018
  • ACA Annual Conference

    ACA Annual Conference

    Location: Omni Nashville & Music City Center Nashville, TN Date: July 23-25, 2018

FEATURED ARTICLES

  • RSR Collections & Creditors’ Rights Update

    Many states have long adhered to the common law rule that an agent contracting on behalf of a known principal does not become personally liable to the other contracting party …

EDUCATIONAL NEWS

  • Massachusetts defies Trump administration with crackdown on student loan debt

    At least one state is moving forward with its plan to crack down on student loan companies, despite pressure from the federal government and the firms themselves to back off. …
  • Americans owe three times as much for student loans as they did a decade ago

    Americans owe nearly three times as much in student loan debt today as they did a decade ago. A new national report sheds light on how much the residents of …

ATTORNEY SPONSORS

BREAKING NEWS

  • Georgia AG announces settlement with debt collection company

    On April 4, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (“AG Carr”) announced an $8.5 million settlement with a national debt collection company, resolving alleged Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Georgia Fair …
  • Mulvaney Lays Into Elizabeth Warren Believers At CFPB

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting director laid into believers of Senator Elizabeth Warren at the agency today. Mick Mulvaney attacked what he claimed is a small group of ideologues …
  • A Call for Change: D.C. Circuit Dials Back FCC’s 2015 TCPA Ruling

    Now that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued its long-awaited decision in ACA Int’l v. FCC, courts and litigants must determine the implications of this …

NEWS ALERT

  • Falls woman admits to running bogus debt collection services

    BUFFALO — A Falls woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a debt collection scheme. Debbie Seright, 52, entered her plea during a proceeding in …
  • Student Loan Lawsuit: Servicer Sues Connecticut Over Tough Consumer Protection Laws

    In the past several months, news has cycled from one student loan lawsuit to another. State attorneys general have filed suits against servicers, and there are even individual and class …
  • Mulvaney Recommends Changes to Increase CFPB Accountability

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) managed approximately 317,000 consumer complaints between October 2016 and September 2017, according to the semi-annual report of the CFPB for the period of April …

LEGAL NEWS

  • Vulgar texts possibly from bill collector leads to a federal lawsuit

    Unique hardly describes the lawsuit Scarlett Watts and her attorney recently filed in Florida federal court. Scarlett Watts said she was only days late on her house payment when her mortgage …
  • FCRA Consumer Litigation Filings Continue to Increase in February 2018

    In February 2018, Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) cases led consumer litigation filings with 422 plaintiffs – nearly 60 percent higher than in February 2017 – while Telephone Consumer Protection …
  • Kansas sues feds over ‘egregiously hardline position’ on $11 million

    TOPEKA – Kansas is suing over $11 million that it says a federal agency is improperly trying to take through an “egregiously hardline position.” The Kansas Department for Administration filed …

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  • Truro-based debt recovery company MIL Collections Ltd defeated over ‘unreasonable’ pursuit of BBC reporter David George over parking penalty

    A BBC television reporter has had a parking fine quashed after a judge found the conduct of the debt recovery agency pursuing him as unreasonable. Truro -based company MIL Collections …
  • Action Fraud issues warning over new debt-collection scam – and tips on how to avoid it

    Authorities are warning UK consumers and businesses to be aware of a new financial scam in which fraudsters claim to be collecting debts from legitimate bailiff companies over bogus magazine …
  • Creditor’s Ability to Recover in the UK From Debt Owed Under Letters of Credit

    Your client has a judgment or arbitral award and becomes aware of an unrelated contract where the judgment debtor is to be paid through letters of credit issued by a …

GOVERNMENT NEWS

  • Clash For Control Of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Heads To Court

    As the current Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head sparred with the agency’s champion, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, in a congressional hearing, a legal battle over who gets to run the bureau …
  • NJ Creates “State-Level CFPB”

    The New Jersey Attorney General recently announced that the state’s governor will nominate Paul R. Rodriguez to serve as the Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, the …
  • House Bill Could Exclude Attorneys from FDCPA

    The House Financial Services Committee recently advanced a bill, H.R. 5082, that could have major implications for the default servicing industry, and most especially the law firms that work within …

BANKRUPTCY NEWS

  • Billionaire Bids $890 Million To Save Toys “R” Us From Bankruptcy

    Earlier in April, Toys “R” Us announced all of its US locations were going out of business, but now an American billionaire is stepping in to help save the fate …
  • Exposing the Myth of Widespread Medical Bankruptcies

    In 2005 and 2009, Elizabeth Warren and her co-authors released two papers claiming that more than 50 percent of all bankruptcy filings in the U.S. were caused by medical debts. …
  • Nuclear and coal energy company files for bankruptcy

    A major utility company that provides nuclear and coal power is filing for bankruptcy days after it pleaded for a government bailout. FirstEnergy Solutions, the unit of FirstEnergy Corp. responsible for …

PRESS RELEASES

  • Joe Adams Named 2018 Who’s Who in Compliance By Collection Advisor

    Phoenix, Arizona (March23, 2018) –Constar Financial Service’s Chief Compliance Officer, Joe Adams CCCO, CRCP, CIA, Executive Vice President, Hampton Pryor Group was recognized in the 2018 Who’s Who in Compliance …
  • The National Creditors Bar Association Responds To The ACLU’s Report: “The Criminalization Of Private Debt”

    The National Creditors Bar Association (NCBA) takes exception with last month’s American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) report which proclaimed that thousands of individuals were being arrested and jailed for the …
  • RMA Adopts National Standards for the Purchase of Auto Receivables

    March 9, 2018 (Sacramento, CA) – Last week, the RMA International Certification Council formally adopted version 6.0 of the Receivables Management Certification Program (RMCP), after a seven-month deliberation, drafting, and review …

FEATURED VIDEOS

CIN Video

Debt Buyers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TT Creditors Rights

Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights

AMS Commercial Debt Collection Agency

TFA – Skip Tracing Tip #16 w/ Ron Brown

Commercial Collection Lawyer Debt Collection Law Firm

AGA Commercial Debt Collection

BREAKING NEWS

  • Georgia AG announces settlement with debt collection company

    On April 4, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (“AG Carr”) announced an $8.5 million settlement with a national debt collection company, resolving alleged Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Georgia Fair …
  • Mulvaney Lays Into Elizabeth Warren Believers At CFPB

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting director laid into believers of Senator Elizabeth Warren at the agency today. Mick Mulvaney attacked what he claimed is a small group of ideologues …
  • A Call for Change: D.C. Circuit Dials Back FCC’s 2015 TCPA Ruling

    Now that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued its long-awaited decision in ACA Int’l v. FCC, courts and litigants must determine the implications of this …

NEWS ALERT

  • Falls woman admits to running bogus debt collection services

    BUFFALO — A Falls woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a debt collection scheme. Debbie Seright, 52, entered her plea during a proceeding in …
  • Student Loan Lawsuit: Servicer Sues Connecticut Over Tough Consumer Protection Laws

    In the past several months, news has cycled from one student loan lawsuit to another. State attorneys general have filed suits against servicers, and there are even individual and class …
  • Mulvaney Recommends Changes to Increase CFPB Accountability

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) managed approximately 317,000 consumer complaints between October 2016 and September 2017, according to the semi-annual report of the CFPB for the period of April …

LEGAL NEWS

  • Vulgar texts possibly from bill collector leads to a federal lawsuit

    Unique hardly describes the lawsuit Scarlett Watts and her attorney recently filed in Florida federal court. Scarlett Watts said she was only days late on her house payment when her mortgage …
  • FCRA Consumer Litigation Filings Continue to Increase in February 2018

    In February 2018, Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) cases led consumer litigation filings with 422 plaintiffs – nearly 60 percent higher than in February 2017 – while Telephone Consumer Protection …
  • Kansas sues feds over ‘egregiously hardline position’ on $11 million

    TOPEKA – Kansas is suing over $11 million that it says a federal agency is improperly trying to take through an “egregiously hardline position.” The Kansas Department for Administration filed …

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  • Truro-based debt recovery company MIL Collections Ltd defeated over ‘unreasonable’ pursuit of BBC reporter David George over parking penalty

    A BBC television reporter has had a parking fine quashed after a judge found the conduct of the debt recovery agency pursuing him as unreasonable. Truro -based company MIL Collections …
  • Action Fraud issues warning over new debt-collection scam – and tips on how to avoid it

    Authorities are warning UK consumers and businesses to be aware of a new financial scam in which fraudsters claim to be collecting debts from legitimate bailiff companies over bogus magazine …
  • Creditor’s Ability to Recover in the UK From Debt Owed Under Letters of Credit

    Your client has a judgment or arbitral award and becomes aware of an unrelated contract where the judgment debtor is to be paid through letters of credit issued by a …

GOVERNMENT NEWS

  • Clash For Control Of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Heads To Court

    As the current Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head sparred with the agency’s champion, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, in a congressional hearing, a legal battle over who gets to run the bureau …
  • NJ Creates “State-Level CFPB”

    The New Jersey Attorney General recently announced that the state’s governor will nominate Paul R. Rodriguez to serve as the Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, the …
  • House Bill Could Exclude Attorneys from FDCPA

    The House Financial Services Committee recently advanced a bill, H.R. 5082, that could have major implications for the default servicing industry, and most especially the law firms that work within …

BANKRUPTCY NEWS

  • Billionaire Bids $890 Million To Save Toys “R” Us From Bankruptcy

    Earlier in April, Toys “R” Us announced all of its US locations were going out of business, but now an American billionaire is stepping in to help save the fate …
  • Exposing the Myth of Widespread Medical Bankruptcies

    In 2005 and 2009, Elizabeth Warren and her co-authors released two papers claiming that more than 50 percent of all bankruptcy filings in the U.S. were caused by medical debts. …
  • Nuclear and coal energy company files for bankruptcy

    A major utility company that provides nuclear and coal power is filing for bankruptcy days after it pleaded for a government bailout. FirstEnergy Solutions, the unit of FirstEnergy Corp. responsible for …

EDITORIAL NEWS

  • Show Me Your Judgments & I’ll Show You the Money!

    By: Robert Pinchuck, Publisher My Dad, Warren Pinchuck, tells a story about pushing me in my baby stroller at a CLLA Conference in NYC way back in the early 1960’s …

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • NARCA – The National Creditors Bar Association – Spring Conference

    NARCA – The National Creditors Bar Association – Spring Conference

    Location: JW Marriott – Austin, TX Date: May 16-19, 2018
  • Joint CLLA National/IACC Mid-Year Conference

    Joint CLLA National/IACC Mid-Year Conference

    Location: Chicago, IL Date: June 6-9, 2018
  • ACA Annual Conference

    ACA Annual Conference

    Location: Omni Nashville & Music City Center Nashville, TN Date: July 23-25, 2018

FEATURED ARTICLES

  • RSR Collections & Creditors’ Rights Update

    Many states have long adhered to the common law rule that an agent contracting on behalf of a known principal does not become personally liable to the other contracting party …

EDUCATIONAL NEWS

  • Massachusetts defies Trump administration with crackdown on student loan debt

    At least one state is moving forward with its plan to crack down on student loan companies, despite pressure from the federal government and the firms themselves to back off. …
  • Americans owe three times as much for student loans as they did a decade ago

    Americans owe nearly three times as much in student loan debt today as they did a decade ago. A new national report sheds light on how much the residents of …

ATTORNEY SPONSORS

PRESS RELEASES

  • Joe Adams Named 2018 Who’s Who in Compliance By Collection Advisor

    Phoenix, Arizona (March23, 2018) –Constar Financial Service’s Chief Compliance Officer, Joe Adams CCCO, CRCP, CIA, Executive Vice President, Hampton Pryor Group was recognized in the 2018 Who’s Who in Compliance …
  • The National Creditors Bar Association Responds To The ACLU’s Report: “The Criminalization Of Private Debt”

    The National Creditors Bar Association (NCBA) takes exception with last month’s American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) report which proclaimed that thousands of individuals were being arrested and jailed for the …
  • RMA Adopts National Standards for the Purchase of Auto Receivables

    March 9, 2018 (Sacramento, CA) – Last week, the RMA International Certification Council formally adopted version 6.0 of the Receivables Management Certification Program (RMCP), after a seven-month deliberation, drafting, and review …

FEATURED VIDEOS

CIN Video

Debt Buyers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TT Creditors Rights

Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights

AMS Commercial Debt Collection Agency

TFA – Skip Tracing Tip #16 w/ Ron Brown

Commercial Collection Lawyer Debt Collection Law Firm

AGA Commercial Debt Collection

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