Practice Areas
- FDCPA Violations
- Debt Collection Defense
- Condo & HOA Liens
- Mechanic's Liens
- Class Action Lawsuits
- Arbitration Awards
- ATM Violations
- TCPA Violations
- Text Messages
- Junk Faxes
- FACTA Violations
- Wage & Bank Garnishment
Defending debt collection lawsuits and suing abusive debt collectors under the FDCPA
Debt News Articles
How to Stop Debt Collection Harassment
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, added in 1978 as Title VIII of the Consumer Protection Act, protects consumers from harassing debt collection practices.
Attorney General Goes After Illegal Debt Collection
Attorney General John Kroger of the state of Oregon is looking to enforce the state's basic consumer protection law and place the enforcement under the state's Department of Justice.
How to Get the Credit Card Collector to Stop
The easiest and most cost effective way to get debt collectors to stop harassing consumers is simply to tell them to stop calling.
Fair Debt Collection Laws Protect Financially Struggling Consumers
The easiest and most cost effective way to get debt collectors to stop harassing consumers is simply to tell them to stop calling.
Know Your Rights When Dealing with Debt Collectors
The majority of the complaints received by the FTC were related to debt collectors requesting more money out of the consumers than they really owe.
When Debt Collectors Disrupt Dinner
A majority of calls from debt collectors occur not just about late payments but also because identity theft might have occurred with a person's card.
Understanding Fair Debt Collection Practices
The first thing a customer can do when they insist they don't owe a company money is to ask that company to send the customer a billing statement.
Banks vs. Consumers (Guess Who Wins)
The business of resolving credit-card disputes is booming. But critics say the dominant firm favors creditors that are trying to collect from unsophisticated debtors
Dateline NBC Exposes the Sleazy Debt-Collection Industry
In some splendid investigative reporting, Hansen shows just how brazen third-party debt collectors can be. In one case, a collector threw a string of insults at a consumer. In another, a collector indicated that an alleged debtor was going to be thrown in jail.
Credit card companies can be as slippery as a handful of greased Jell-O. They have all kinds of tricks to gouge your wallet and drive up your bill. While arguably unfair, all these tricks are legal, leaving you no alternative but to stay as informed as possible to protect yourself.
Aggravated Cardholder Turns The Tables
This is the story of one man who, in some small way, is fighting back. It's the story of a man who, driven by the sarcasm of another, decided take on the system.