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Financial Literacy Matters, Especially for Women

Dear Debt

As the organizer of Lola Retreat, I’m passionate about empowering women with financial tools and resources to live life on their own terms. That’s why I’m happy to partner with LendingClub on… Related Posts: Blog. Student Loans Dictated My Life Choices — Until I Fought Back. Dear Debt, This Is It. Lola LA Brunch + Retreat. Dear Debt, You Make Me a Bitter Betty.

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CFPB Proposes Regulations to Clarify, Modernize, and Implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Consumer Finance Watch

Wayne Streibich , Diana M. Eng , Jonathan M. Robbin, Nicole R. Topper , Scott E. Wortman , and Paul Messina Jr. Financial institutions and debt collectors should take note of, and provide comments on, the CFPB’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which attempts to provide consumers with “clear protections against harassment by debt collectors and straightforward options to address or dispute debts.” .

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Bondholders Beware? First Circuit Ruling’s Potential Adverse Impact on Puerto Rico’s Long-Term Restructuring Prospects

BN Lawyers

Having practiced in Puerto Rico for nearly a decade, including being involved heavily in the ongoing Title III PROMESA proceedings, the recent ruling handed down by the First Circuit could prove to be the most impactful for the Island’s long term restructuring prospects and its access to the Bond markets. The controversial ruling, which pertains to the treatment of municipal revenue debt, has left investors with questions about the value and significance of a revenue pledge in a municipal bankru

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The Nuclear Option: Why It’s Dangerous to Rely Exclusively on Other Lawyers for Referrals

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Lawyers tend to congregate together.? This is as much a fact of lawyer life, as it is a fact of professional life.? Once you’re embedded in a career, you start to develop friends who do the same work that you do, and you generally prefer quality hang with colleagues, since you speak the same language — Latin, in the case of the attorney.? In many ways, this is a completely defensible approach — unless it consumes the work life of a professional, at which point: let me introduce you to the lawyer

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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.