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Mike Frost and Chad Echols Form New Law Firm

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Mike Frost, formerly the Managing Partner at Malone Frost Martin PLLC (MFM), and Chad Echols, owner of The Echols Firm, LLC have joined forces creating a new firm, Frost Echols LLC. This boutique law firm, with a nationwide presence will open October 1, 2022.

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Appeals Court Reverses Ruling in Favor of Collection Law Firm

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The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has overturned a lower court’s ruling in favor of a collection law firm that was sued for attempting to collect a debt from the spouse of the actual debtor, ruling that the law firm did not exhaust all of its efforts to collect from the actual debtor … The post Appeals Court Reverses Ruling in (..)

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Collection Law Firm Ordered to Pay Full Restitution After No Contest Plea

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The post Collection Law Firm Ordered to Pay Full Restitution After No Contest Plea appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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State Appeals Court Partially Overturns Ruling Against Collection Law Firm

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A state Appeals Court in Washington has partially affirmed — and partially overturned — a lower court’s dismissal of a case against a creditor and collection law firm, ruling that the plaintiff pleaded sufficient facts to survive a motion to dismiss that the firm violated state law by not disclosing required information when filing (..)

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Collection Law Firm Fined $100k, Ordered to Stop Collecting in CT Without License

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The Connecticut Department of Banking has fined a collection law firm $100,000 — the maximum amount allowed by law — and ordered it to cease and desist from collecting in the state without a valid license. A copy of the enforcement order against the Law Offices of David M.

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Conn. Regulator Reduces Fine Against Collection Law Firm to $20k

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The Connecticut Department of Banking has reduced the fine against a law firm that was operating in the state without a consumer collection agency license to $20,000 from $100,000, largely on the basis that the law firm is no longer in business. A copy of the order with the Law Offices of David M. Katz […]

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Collection Law Firm Not Subject to State Lending Law, Maryland Appeals Court Rules

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A Maryland Appeals Court has issued a ruling in a case being heard in federal court, determining that law firms engaged in debt collection activities on behalf of a client are not subject to the Maryland Consumer Loan Law. A copy of the ruling, in the case of Nagle & Zaller v.

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