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An interesting decision was issued recently by the Third District Court of Appeals, the case of Tatis v. Allied Interstate, LLC. In the case a debt collector sent a letter to a debtor offering to settle on a very old debt and take less than was actually due. Except that…

Loan Lawyers, LLC is licensed to practice law in the state of Florida. If you have a legal matter that you would like to discuss and you are NOT located in Florida, please contact your state’s Bar Association to get the information of a lawyer that can assist you in…

With so many retailers having filed bankruptcy this past year, including BCBG, Payless, Toys R Us, and Radio Shack, to name a few, it is no surprise, that sometimes, unfortunately, businesses can fail. Continuing to operate a small business that is in debt, while dodging aggressive creditor collection efforts, is…

Loan Lawyers, LLC is licensed to practice law in the state of Florida. If you have a legal matter that you would like to discuss and you are NOT located in Florida, please contact your state’s Bar Association to get the information of a lawyer that can assist you in…

Recent studies conducted by WalletHub have determined that as of the third quarter of 2017, Americans had approximately $950.2 billion dollars in credit card debts. In fact, the average credit card debt per household during the same period was $8,109.00. These statistics show an increase of 6% respectively, from the…

Loan Lawyers, LLC is licensed to practice law in the state of Florida. If you have a legal matter that you would like to discuss and you are NOT located in Florida, please contact your state’s Bar Association to get the information of a lawyer that can assist you in…

We wrote in a recent blog entry how the future of the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB) was in danger as a consequence of national politics. The CFPB is an agency responsible for protection members of the public from the abusive actions of banks, mortgage companies, credit card companies and…

As many of you know, the bank that you borrow money from for a mortgage isn’t always the same bank that you end up making your mortgage payments to. Somewhere along the lines, the banks decided that they would bundle mortgages together, and sell them around on the open market….

The United States House of Representatives will be voting on a bill in early March 2018, which would exempt lawyers from the definition of “debt collector” under the FDCPA. Under H.R. 4550, lawyers would be exempt from the definition of “debt collector” under the FDCPA if they are: serving, filing,…