Blog Posts in April, 2011
Posted on Apr 28, 2011 By Jesse Langel
It was bound to happen sooner or later – debt collection by Facebook. Auto finance company MarkOne Financial, LLC began hounding Florida consumer Melanie Beacham mercilessly when she fell behind ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2011 By Jesse Langel
The three related entities Encore Capital, Midland Funding and Midland Capital Management are about to be sued again, this time by the Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, Lori Swanson. Midland ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2011 By Jesse Langel
In a bit of good news for those in the armed services, Congress has authorized new protections for servicemembers in the form of a private right of action against over-reaching creditors. The ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2011 By Sheril Stanford
In honor of tax time, we bring you a case with an interesting tax twist. In this case, Ellis v. Cohen & Slamowitz [1] , from the US District Court, Northern District of New York, defendant Cohen ...
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