August, 2018

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Trademark Licensees Take Note: The Supreme Court Might Review The Tempnology Decision — And Whether A Licensee Can Keep Trademark Rights After Rejection

In the Red

The twists and turns of the In re Tempnology LLC bankruptcy case have been a frequent subject on this blog for good reason. The case addresses whether a trademark licensee, whose licensor files bankruptcy and rejects the license agreement, retains any rights to use the trademark — or instead is out of luck. A Wild Ride. The licensee in that case, Mission Product Holdings, Inc. (“Mission”), has been on something of a roller coaster ride for the past few years: First, Mission l

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Customer Service Improves Collections

Receivables Control

What’s that? Great customer service improves collection results? Before getting to the nuts and bolts of improving collections through customer service, step back a moment in time to the previous century, when people still talked to each other and before technology eroded personal, human interactions. Remember when we talked to each other? .

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Debt Collection Tactics Used by Professional Debt Collectors

Stevens Lloyd

If you currently have a debtor that is making excuses for non-payment or outright refusing to pay, then you might want to consider soliciting the services of a professional debt collection agency. In the past few years, there has been a rise in the number of debtors who refusing to pay monies owed. Due to this, debt collection agencies are quickly evolving.

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District Court Holds Revocation of Consent Ineffective in the Face of Contractual Consent

Consumer Financial Services Law

Relying upon basic principles of contract law, an Alabama district court has held that there are limitations to revocation of prior express consent. In Few v. Receivables Performance Management, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134324 (N.D. Ala. Aug. 9, 2018), the consumer sought damages for alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the “TCPA”).

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

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.

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Disappearing Debtors: Improving Your Chances of Successful Debt Collection

Stevens Lloyd

Few people are knowledgeable when it comes to collecting money and commercial debt recovery agencies. Debts have mounted throughout world economies and the need for collection agencies have risen. Business to business debt collection is often most successful when a professional collection agency is involved. Collection agencies are like dentists in the sense that you hope you never need one but if you do you want the best.

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