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Collection Attorney News - Wide-open market for debts feeds abusive tactics

Tristan Andrews — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:03:59 +0000

Wide-open market for debts feeds abusive tactics
Buffalo News - Debt collection lawyer Timothy Collins says debt sellers sometimes sell an account more than once. Outsiders don't have to hack a bank's computer to get your account information. They can just buy it - cheap. In Buffalo and around the country, banks

Collection Attorney News - Focus On Bigger Problems Than The Trustee - And Response

Tristan Andrews — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:06:11 +0000

Focus On Bigger Problems Than The Trustee - And Response
Chattanoogan - It would seem that the back tax collections attorney costs Hamilton County taxpayers less than the FIRST YEAR INCREASE for our new Superintendent of Schools. Repeat for emphasis, the first year increase and this is all that has been advertised in

LifeQuest offers deduction
Sauk Prairie Eagle - If no payments are made on a claim LifeQuest will send out a letter from a collections attorney advising patients that their state tax refunds can be intercepted. If no payments are made, delinquent claims could be reported to the tax intercept

Collection Attorney News - About This Series

Tristan Andrews — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:01:55 +0000

About This Series
Minneapolis Star Tribune - We don't know when our neighbor is living on borrowed money; we have no idea when collection agencies are calling a colleague. This series began as a search for a few Minnesotans with money questions. The idea was to pair them with financial advisers

LIPA electric shutoffs rising
Newsday - than 30 days late receive a "reminder" notice and a phone call, Cunningham said. That continues until the customer is 90 days late, at which point, if an agreement can't be made to pay in installments, service can be shut off. Collection agencies are

What to Do When a Debt Collector Calls
KHNL News 8 - By Andrew Housser Every year, the U.S. Better Business Bureaus (BBB) rank their worst 10 industries by number of consumer complaints received, and collection agencies appear with great regularity. For 2005, collection agencies rank No. 6 on the BBB

New Campaign Targeting Delinquent Tax Payers
WISH-TV - So while tax amnesty is considered a success, state government collected only a fraction of the outstanding taxes. $1.1 billion worth is still out there so the state hired three collection agencies. "There is a lot of taxes paid and owed by

Collection Attorney News - Experian's Vision Conference Sold Out for Third Straight Year

Tristan Andrews — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:01:48 +0000

Experian's Vision Conference Sold Out for Third Straight Year
Experian , a global information solutions provider, today announced that its Vision 2006 Conference is sold out, marking the third consecutive year the financial services industry has booked the conference to capacity.

Consult appraiser on pricing waterfront property
A reader writes: "We own a nice house on a high bluff on Whidbey Island that we may sell soon. A real-estate agent told us the market is slow so even prime..."

Food-Stamp Recipients Are Targets of Scam
By Greg Edwards, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Oct. 6--Some food-stamp recipients have been tricked out of personal information that could be used to steal their identities. The U.S.

Collection Attorney News - Unlicensed, 2 debt firms close doors

Tristan Andrews — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:01:08 +0000

Unlicensed, 2 debt firms close doors
Boston Globe - On Sept. 7, Norfolk Financial hired an Uxbridge debt-collection lawyer, Richard R. Hubbard, to handle about 1,000 cases in which Norfolk had already filed suit against Massachusetts consumers, according to court filings and an interview with Hubbard

Wide-open market for debts feeds abusive tactics
Buffalo News - Debt collection lawyer Timothy Collins says debt sellers sometimes sell an account more than once. Outsiders don't have to hack a bank's computer to get your account information. They can just buy it - cheap. In Buffalo and around the country, banks

Collection Attorney News - Debt collectors hunt the innocent

Tristan Andrews — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:02:52 +0000

Debt collectors hunt the innocent
For Maureen Coffin of Stoneham, it started on July 21 -- the insistent calls from debt collectors demanding she pay $900. For what, they never said. Since May, Deborah A. Donovan of Weymouth has received at least 25 calls -- many of them abusive, she says -- and two letters asking her to pay $4,900 for a delinquent Sears credit ...

Aggressive debt collectors hunt the innocent
For Maureen Coffin of Stoneham, Mass., it started on July 21 the insistent calls from debt collectors demanding she pay $900. For what, they never said. Since May, Deborah A. Donovan of Weymouth has received at least 25 calls many of them abusive, she says and two letters asking her to pay $4,900 for a delinquent Sears credit card.

Collection Attorney News - Financial Literacy Executive Discusses Do-It-Yourself Debt Settlement

Tristan Andrews — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:01:51 +0000

Financial Literacy Executive Discusses Do-It-Yourself Debt Settlement
24-7PressRelease.com - Things have only gotten easier for consumers with the advent of fair debt collection laws and the realization that it is better for banks to settle for something rather than lose the entire debt to bankruptcy." Many creditors send automatic

Thank you, Thank you, Thank You
PRWeb - "After being picked-up by over 1,190 PRWeb subscribers, and ending up on E*TRADE radio as a result, we're more than happy with the value proposition you folks have put together. Where else can you put out a measly $200 and be seen by such high

High-level Verizon exec. is ex-official who long-argued for more
Raw Story - He lauded the PATRIOT Act in that testimony, which, he said, "fixed many of the problems with FISA and filled a number of other gaps in our surveillance and intelligence collection laws." FISA, which stands for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance

Collection Attorney News - New breed of debt collectors shun violence

Tristan Andrews — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:02:06 +0000

New breed of debt collectors shun violence
China Daily, China - Sep 9, 2006... Statistics show Shanghai has more than 100 debt collection agencies, which collect debts amounting to hundreds of million of yuan every year. ...

SENATOR KENNEDY CALLS ON IRS TO HALT ITS TAX COLLECTION ...
American Chronicle, CA - Sep 6, 2006... agencies to take measures to protect Americans personal information, but the IRS plan to turn over such information to private collection agencies may not ...

Libraries crack down on returns
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, WA - 19 hours ago... "It's an unfortunate thing that libraries need collection agencies, but the reality is that we do," said Ann Roseberry, manager of Richland Public Library ...

Collection Attorney News - Solution to Problems on Wells Jail Roof Project Likely to Exceed Contingency

Tristan Andrews — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:02:09 +0000

Solution to Problems on Wells Jail Roof Project Likely to Exceed Contingency
By GEOFF FRANK Projected costs of the reroofing project at Wells County Jail went up this week. The Wells County Board of Commissioners voted 2-0 to approve added work expected to lead to an additional $5,789 in the price of the project.

Collection Attorney News - Lodi man caught in California terror probe released from custody

Tristan Andrews — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 03:01:59 +0000

Lodi man caught in California terror probe released from custody
Umer Hayat was jailed for a year, branded a liar by federal prosecutors and forced to sell his house to his brother to pay his legal bills. Still, the naturalized U.S. citizen said he loves his adopted country and harbors no grudge against a justice...

Farming out tax collection draws fire
The IRS acknowledges that the contracts will cost more than hiring additional agents would cost.

Collection Attorney News - How to account for the ills of debt-collection system

Tristan Andrews — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 03:02:29 +0000

How to account for the ills of debt-collection system
Boston Globe - The debt collection laws protect both debtors and creditors. It doesn't seem as if that is what's really going on. HEATHER MILIOTE Hopkinton I READ your story on small-claims cases in the district courts (" Dignity faces a steamroller ," Page A1, July

Chief Evangelist, ExitPath.com
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Proposed changes to trash collection laws
Allentown Morning Call - All commercial accounts, including apartment houses with seven or more units, to have their own private hauler. All buildings with up to six apartments, but no commercial units to participate in the city's contract. Those with private haulers to pay

Collection Attorney News - Courtesy of Billboard Magazine

Tristan Andrews — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 03:04:25 +0000

Courtesy of Billboard Magazine
Silicon Valley's Metro, CA - Jul 19, 2006... which often means garnished wages, this translates into hundreds of millions of dollars each year, which would likely go unpaid without existing collection laws ...

Alabama near top in bankruptcies
MSNBC - Jul 17, 2006... state laws. "In states with pro-creditor collection laws you are likely to see higher per-capita bankruptcy rates," he says. And ...

Collection Attorney News - New rule curtails ID theft concerns

Tristan Andrews — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:04:14 +0000

New rule curtails ID theft concerns
Floridians get a new weapon against identity theft Saturday, and state Rep. Sandra Adams plans to be among the first to wield it. Adams, a Republican from Oviedo, led the charge in this year's Legislature to allow any Floridian to put a security freeze on credit bureau files.

House Panel Votes Against IRS Program
A House panel voted Tuesday to throw a roadblock in front of an Internal Revenue Service plan that would use private collection agencies to chase unpaid tax debts.

Collection Attorney News - Is the Lajitas Resort in trouble?

Tristan Andrews — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:03:59 +0000

Is the Lajitas Resort in trouble?
San Antonio Express (subscription), TX - Jun 11, 2006... Finally last week, with the collection lawyers about to be turned loose, the resort got some good financial news and the $295,000 tax bill was paid. ...

Woman fighting to regain home
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Jun 11, 2006... In April, she met for the first time with a staff member from the county tax collector's office and two tax-collection lawyers. ...

Collection Attorney News - Nathan D. Willner Elected Baltimore Jewish Council Officer

Tristan Andrews — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 03:02:17 +0000

Nathan D. Willner Elected Baltimore Jewish Council Officer
Market Wire - BALTIMORE, MD -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/22/2006 -- Nathan D. Willner, a principle at the Law Offices of Willner & Associates, P.A., has been elected assistant treasurer of the Baltimore Jewish Council (BJC). The BJC is the community relations and

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Market Wire - BALTIMORE, MD -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/22/2006 -- Nathan D. Willner, a principle at the Law Offices of Willner & Associates, P.A., has been elected assistant treasurer of the Baltimore Jewish Council (BJC). The BJC is the community relations and