Tight economic times increase unsecured debt for many baby boomers
The primary distinction between secured and
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Bankruptcy Attorneys In Miami-Dade, Broward And Monroe Counties
Bankruptcy Attorneys In Miami-Dade, Broward And Monroe Counties
Month: February 2013
Feds say tighter oversight of, enforcement over, debt collectors
As an indication of just how harassing debt collectors can be in Florida and across the country, consider this: More than 180,000 formal complaints were lodged with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2011 by consumers being targeted by collectors working as...
Sad but true: stories of sordid debt collection practices
For proof that some debt collection agencies are virtually shameless and unscrupulous, consider this: One of them was recently fined more than $700,000 for threatening to exhume the bodies of dead children for non-payment of funeral bills. Others have threatened to...
Senators propose student debt bankruptcy reform legislation
Calling it a "chance to right a wrong," three U.S. senators proposed new legislation last week aimed at reversing a prior legal change that makes it all but impossible for student debtors to rid themselves of private loan obligations in bankruptcy.Federal student...
