Consumer Law

Stop debt collection harassment
This blog has a lot of great information for consumers dealing with debt collection harassment. Here is a roundup of some of the best posts for consumers coping with debt collection: What to do when a debt collector calls Stop debt collector calls with the TeleZapper Debt collection complaints going up; what to do if you get a [...

IRS & Private Debt Collection Agencies
Your IRS Problems continue to grow if you have a tax debt. The IRS has a program where they assign back tax cases to private collection agencies. (...)

IRS Debt Collection
Your IRS Problems continue to grow if you have a tax debt.  The IRS has a program where they assign back tax cases to private collection agencies.  A select segment of taxpayers who owe back taxes will be contacted by a private collection agency...

John Tanner to Teach Election Law in Alabama on DOJ's Dime
See here: "But he is participating in the federal government's program to loan personnel to other government agencies. The Justice Department is paying Tanner's salary and benefits to be in Alabama through next spring...

Collection agencies...going from bad to worse
I usually don't blog about current litigation for a number of reasons. Suffice it to say that this case that I am blogging about below is interesting enough to share with you. Moreover, I want you to know that collection agencies doing stupid, if not sleazy stuff, is almost common place...

Harper Lee Before Atticus Finch: Witty Chain Smoking Red
Jessica Lacher-Feldman, from the Hoole Special Collections Library at the University of Alabama, recently unearthed some fun old clippings from the collection. It seems that Nellie Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird and an Alabama icon, was once...

Bankruptcy Law
A complete prime (pre-2005)

Collection Agencies and Creditors
How to deal and stop the harassment

UAB Health System and Franklin Collection Service
allegedly violated the RICO Act in collection practices on delinquent patient accounts.

Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill
Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill>

Alabama Suzuki Dealer
Faces Class Action

Immigration and Customs Enforcement
alleging government agencies and officials violated immigrant workers' constitutional rights.

Nursing Homes
Many state agencies have reported incidents of negligent care of nursing home residents resulting in death.

imbee Data Collection
Industrious Kid, Inc. pays $130,000 civil penalty for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.