Sat.Dec 30, 2017 - Fri.Jan 05, 2018

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Tri-Force and Ally Financial Sued for Wrongful Repossession in Indiana

Indiana Consumer Law Group

The Indiana Consumer Law Group/The Law Office of Robert E. Duff announces the recent filing of a lawsuit against Tri-Force, Inc., UAR Direct, LLC and Ally Financial Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. The lawsuit alleges that agents of Tri-Force breached the peace when they attempted to repossess a vehicle from our client and then, when our client physically resisted the repossession (as was his legal right to do), engaged the police to coerce our clien

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District Court Takes Expansive View of "Deceptive or Misleading" Practices under FDCPA

Consumer Financial Services Law

By Zachary Dunn The FDCPA prohibits a debt collector from using “any false, deceptive, or misleading representation” in connection with the collection of a debt. See 15 U.S.C. § 1692e. Recently, the Eastern District of New York took an expansive view of section 1692e, thereby making truthful statements a violation of the statute’s mandates. In Islam v.

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Dec 30, How Do I Find Which Debts Are In Collections?

Debt Collection Answers

I am looking to find out what debts I have in collections? Reply from DebtCollectionAnswers.

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Attorney Daniel W. Sandlin and Sandlin Law Group PC Sued for Alleged FDCPA Violation

Indiana Consumer Law Group

The Indiana Consumer Law Group/The Law Office of Robert E. Duff announces the recent filing of a lawsuit against attorney Daniel W. Sandlin and Sandlin Law Group PC. Our client lived in the 10 West Apartments (formerly Cambridge Station Apartments). She moved out at the expiration of her lease, but the apartment management (Ardizzone Group Management Company) claimed she owed $315 in cleaning expenses.

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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.