Sun.Feb 27, 2022

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CFPB Moves to Thwart Illegal Auto Repossessions

Consumer Finance

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is moving to thwart illegal repossessions in the heated auto market.

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Buried Treasure: What Software Features Are You Missing?

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

What’s been great lately, is that lawyers are increasing their reliance on technology. That means that law firms are adding efficiency, and revenue. This is fantastic , absolutely. But, there’s still more work to do. That’s because lawyers may be overpaying for technolog y; and, it’s largely because they’re buying new stuff without looking harder at what they already have.

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Some states charge consumers responding to debt collection suits filing fees of hundreds of dollars

Public Citizen

So reports George Simons at Bloomberg Law. Excerpt: California, Arizona, and Minnesota are good examples of states attempting to increase access to justice while charging defendants enormous filing fees. These fees are charged for all types of civil lawsuits, but are particularly relevant to debt lawsuits where defendants are being sued because, presumably, they don’t have any money.