Recent Posts in LR Credit Category
Posted on Mar 27, 2013 By Jesse Langel, Esq.
New York's exemption claim form process as recently codified in CPLR § 5222-a acts together with other New York statutes to constitute the Exempt Income Protection Act (EIPA). The act is ...
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Posted on Nov 20, 2012 By Sheril Stanford
Beginning on January 2, 2013, supervision over debt collection agencies will fall under the auspices of the Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB), the pro-consumer agency that was established as ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2012 By Sheril Stanford
The federal class action brought by four individuals against law firm Mel S. Harris and Associates, debt buyer Leucadia (and several of its LR Credit subsidiaries), process serving company Samserv and ...
Continue reading "Court Grants Class Certification in Sykes v. Mel Harris; Federal Case Alleging Harris Schemed with Debt Buyer LR Credit and Process Server Samserv Moves Forward" »
Posted on Apr 29, 2012 By Jesse Langel, Esq.
The first case, brought by Mel S. Harris & Associates on behalf of LR Credit 10, LLC enabled us to quickly move to overturn a judgment based on the fact that our client never lived in New York, ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2012 By Jesse Langel, Esq.
Mel Harris again found itself in the hot seat for its process serving practices following the widely known class action, Sykes v. Mel Harris & Assoc., in which it is targeted as a defendant in a ...
Continue reading "Key consumer law holdings arising from a recently decided FDCPA case against Mel Harris & Associates, LR Credit 10, LLC, and process server for allegedly conspiring to engage in "sewer service"" »
Posted on Jan 10, 2011 By Sheril Stanford
Nassau County District Court Judge Ciaffa stepped in on behalf of a pro se debtor who had been sued by debt buyer LR Credit 21, LLC. The debtor, who had signed a stipulation of payment, told the judge ...
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