Public Citizen

JUNE 29, 2020

by Paul Alan Levy. As I have discussed in several previous posts , Mathew Higbee has built up a significant copyright enforcement business that depends on the issuance of threatening demand letters that are followed up by a small army of “compliance resolution specialists” who nag and threaten large awards of damages, the issuance of judgment liens, imposing short deadlines before the matter will be “escalated” to “the litigation team.

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Credit Corp

JUNE 29, 2020

Good credit is crucial to unlocking many financial opportunities in life. When you have a great credit score , you can get lower interest rates on car loans, credit cards and mortgages. Some employers and landlords even check credit reports before they make a job offer or approve a resident application. While developing a solid credit history takes time, follow some of these tips on how to establish credit once you turn 18 to get started as soon as possible. 1.

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Prosperity Now

JUNE 29, 2020

About 12 million eligible people have not received Economic Impact Payments , leaving unclaimed roughly $12 billion of the funds

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Sawin & Shea

JUNE 29, 2020

Transcript: Yes. Hello. Good afternoon, Richard Shea here with Sawin and Shea. As you are aware, due to COVID-19, there had been a lot of moratoriums on place regarding debt collection and especially related to utilities. Well, as noted in the Indianapolis Star, just yesterday, those moratoriums are starting to come to an end. So let’s talk a little bit about what to do if you’re in a situation where you are behind in your utilities and you’re facing potential shut off or termi

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Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

Click Notices

JUNE 29, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to take its toll on our economy and our health, it also profoundly affects the livelihood of landlords across the country. With new efforts to maintain social distancing, trying to show your rental property to prospective new tenants might seem like a daunting and risky task. In a recent survey 40% of property managers identified showing units as one of the most challenging workflows to complete remotely.

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Public Citizen

JUNE 29, 2020

"A federal judge has ordered the Department of Education to cancel the student loans of all 7,200 former Corinthian Colleges students in Massachusetts. This is the first time a federal court has ordered a borrower defense discharge of federal student loans. "The victory in Vara v. DeVos comes nearly two years after the Department of Education was ordered to stop collecting on the borrowers’ loans because they were covered by a borrower defense application that was filed by the Massachu

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NACM

JUNE 29, 2020

Credit departments' shift from paper checks to digital payment platforms was underway well before COVID-19, but according to several experts, the pandemic is accelerating this transition. Diana Eagen and Frank Cook, of document automation and order management software solutions company Esker, said the current economic climate continues to ease.

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Credit Corp

JUNE 29, 2020

Dear Tiff, I’ve just recently gone through a divorce, and now I find myself dealing with all my finances alone for the first time in years. I’m not really sure what to do going forward—not only because of the divorce expenses, but because I’m managing one income. Do you have any tips? Single and Ready to be Financially Responsible. Dear Single, Divorce is hard—no matter the circumstances.

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Public Citizen

JUNE 29, 2020

The Supreme Court issued its ruling in Seila Law v. CFPB today, holding by a 5-4 vote that the Congress violated the principle of separation of powers by placing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under a single director removable by the president only for cause. Chief Justice Roberts wrote the majority opinion, with Justice Kagan dissenting on behalf of herself and Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor.

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