Religion & Law

Collection Letters Often Are Illegal In Alabama
Many collection letters sent to Alabama consumers by debt collectors, collection agencies, and debt buyers are illegal as they violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act...

Interesting Post About Abusive Debt Collectors -- Written By A Collection Attorney
In this post Gary Nitzkin of the Michigan Collection Law Blog discusses a client he represents and the violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act that his client has been subjected to by an abusive collector...

What Do Collection Agencies Want From Alabama Consumers?
Debt collectors, including debt buyers, want Alabama consumers to pay money or to promise to pay...

Podcast - Elements Necessary For Fair Debt Collection Practices Act To Apply
John G. Watts of Watts Law Group P.C. discusses debt collection, and the four elements necessary to have the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act apply...

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...

FTC's 2008 Report on Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
We recently posted on a FTC Report on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and now there is a well written post on the California Debt Blog about the most recent FTC report - please read it in its entirety here...

Collection Agencies and Creditors
How to deal and stop the harassment

Bankruptcy Law
A complete prime (pre-2005)

Fair Housing Act
Prevent discrimination by landlords

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
Phantom Income Relief on Debt Cancellation

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

Immigration Related Employment Discrimination & Unfair Labor Practices
What to do about employers who discriminate because of national origin

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

How do i go bout geting a free laywer to sue the durham police department for drug raids and nothing is found?they have been in my house 4 or 5 times seems like every 4 months or so and breaking down my door tearing up m
They need a warrant to get into your house...if they never showed you one...you ...

Some elses debt is being reported by a bank to the crecit agencies. They know and have ackowledged it is not mine, yet it is still being listed as mine. it was my son's and no I didn't co-sign. It is adversly
It is easy for the bank and the credit reporting agencies to clear this confusio...

Am I obligated to pay on a home equity line of credit that has been discharged through chapter 7?
The reaffirmation is done through the payments you have been making to the compa...

I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

Mel Harris and Associates Debt Collection
Face Class Action for Alleged "Sewer Service" Practices

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

Creditor Debt
Trophy Resources agrees to $600,000 debt settlement.

UPS Faces Fair Labor Wages Class Action
UPS Faces Fair Labor Wages Class Action

Northwestern Mutual
Faces $200 Million Fair Labor Class Action

Bankruptcy
helping to get you out of debt.