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With rampant data breaches, phishing emails, and numerous scams, it is more likely than not that you have been a victim of at least an identity theft attempt. If this is true for you, then you know how aggravating the process of proving your identify and reclaiming your life can…

A bad decision harmful to members of the public just came out of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. While the precise timing of when you can file a lawsuit is complicated, lawsuits have an expiration date when you can file them which is called the statute of limitations. Unfortunately,…

The car buying process can be particularly intimidating and buyers navigating the process may have numerous concerns ranging anywhere from whether they are getting good deals to whether the mechanics of the car are as represented. One added concern is whether the dealership or seller will engage in “yo-yo financing.”…

The internet is flooded with a myriad of articles, videos, studies etc. on competing theories for the repayment of debt. These theories range from the debt snowball to the debt avalanche to the debt tsunami to quite a few others. Many of these strategies address both the financial and psychological…

In the ever-changing landscape of consumer protection, courts around the country are constantly coming out with new case law regarding whether certain communications are attempts to collect a debt as defined by the Fair Debt Collect Practices Act. Recently, a Judge in the Southern District of Florida denied a defendant’s…

The most commonly filed bankruptcy chapter are chapter 7 and chapter 13, so we will compare these two in this article. Aside from these two chapters, chapter 11 is available for businesses or individuals who do not qualify for chapter 7 or 13; chapter 12 is available for farmers and…

Our office handles cases both large and small. We regularly help people who owe smaller debts and appear in small claims court, we also regularly help people save homes and handled cases with the amount in dispute in the millions. We are pleased to report that we just won a…

A consumer in California had a big win under the FDCPA recently in the case of Richard Washington v. City Title Loan LLC. In that case, the plaintiff, Mr. Washington was the victim of identity theft. A fraudster used Mr. Washington’s personal information to take out a loan for $7,500.00,…

If home is where the heart is, then it is not a stretch of the imagination to see why losing your home at a foreclosure sale can be particularly heartbreaking. Despite the heartbreak, once the home is sold at the foreclosure sale, that is the end of this chapter of…