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Blog Posts in May, 2015

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  • A Potent Judgment-Enforcement Tool: Installment Payment Order
    A Potent Judgment-Enforcement Tool: Installment Payment Order

    The vast majority of our clients are facing income executions (wage garnishments) or frozen bank accounts. The reason is likely because they're easy to carry out and effective, especially in ...

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  • Debt Collector Sue you in the Wrong County? Your Statute of Limitations to Retaliate.
    Debt Collector Sue you in the Wrong County? Your Statute of Limitations to Retaliate.

    Consumers generally have one year in which to sue a debt collector for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Courts are generally strict in enforcing the one-year time limitation ...

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  • Military Personnel Given Extra Protection Against Default Judgments
    Military Personnel Given Extra Protection Against Default Judgments

    If you've served our country at any time and find yourself of the wrong end on a frozen bank account, wage garnishment, or debt lawsuit, you should investigate your rights aimed at seeking extra ...

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  • Bank Account Frozen? How to Get Access to Exempt Money
    Bank Account Frozen? How to Get Access to Exempt Money

    New York statute shields select funds from creditor attachment, even when debt obligations remain unpaid. These legal "exemptions" protect essential income required for basic living needs. Generally, ...

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  • Creditor Freeze your Bank Account? Here's How it Happened.
    Creditor Freeze your Bank Account? Here's How it Happened.

    Restraining Notices: What Are They & How Do They Work? Under New York CPLR § 5222, once a creditor has gotten a judgment for a debt, it has the right to use something called a "restraining notice" to ...

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  • LVNV Funding, LLC and Resurgent Capital Sued for Misidentifying Actual Owner of Debt and Improperly Shifting Court Costs to Consumers
    LVNV Funding, LLC and Resurgent Capital Sued for Misidentifying Actual Owner of Debt and Improperly Shifting Court Costs to Consumers

    Many original creditors write off bad debts and sell them to third party debt collectors who use aggressive, and sometimes unlawful, practices to collect those debts in violation of the Fair Debt ...

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