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3 Signs of a Reputable Debt Collection Agency

Credits Inc

When customers fail to pay your company for products or services they received, this can have a negative impact on the cash flow of your business. If you've been unsuccessful in collecting the funds, it may be a more effective use of your time to hire an. account receivable collections. agency to focus on collecting the past-due fees for you. In 2016, debt collection agencies were able to recover roughly $78.5 billion in debts.

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Defensive Lineman: The Solo Smartphone Solution

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

If you’re a solo lawyer , it doesn’t make sense to invest in a phone system. But, you don’t want your clients to have your personal phone number, either. What if they start texting you? So, what’s a thrifty solo lawyer to do? Enter Google Voice , which is the answer to your prayers. i f the answer to your prayers is finding a better way to answer your phone when your clients call.

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Why Every Lawyer And Client Should Be Fighting To Stop The "Meaningful Attorney Involvement" Doctrine From Spreading

FDCPA Defense

Few things are more fundamental in the law than the principle that a lawyer owes a duty of loyalty to the client, a duty to be vigorous advocate within the bounds of the law, and a duty to maintain the client’s confidences and preserve the attorney-client privilege. Clients expect this of their attorneys, as they should. These core legal principles have slowly been under attack, however, by an amorphous creation called the “meaningful attorney involvement” doctrine.

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District Court Rules “Informational Injury” Sufficient to Confer Article III Standing

Consumer Financial Services Law

By: Zachary K. Dunn Attempting to collect on time-barred debt without informing the consumer that a payment may renew the applicable statute of limitations creates an “informational injury” sufficient to confer Article III standing, a district court in Illinois has ruled. In Navarroli v. Midland Funding LLC , 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34704 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 5, 2019), the defendants Midland Funding, LLC, Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Encore Capital Group, Inc.

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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.