What do federal bankruptcy laws, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act have in common? Those statutory laws collectively serve to protect bankruptcy filers from unlawful collection and related activities of creditors...
Hopefully, South Florida residents will someday be limited to merely reading about the region's persistent foreclosure calamity, with specifics being cast in the past tense. And those who were beset with housing-related difficulties will no longer be living that...
The vaunted American vacation.Everyone wants to take one, of course, especially during the summer months.The problem is that not everyone can afford to do so.And here's an even deeper problem: Many people in Florida and across the country who are a bit too...
Regular readers of our Florida bankruptcy blog know that we don't often stray over into the realm of celebrity-laced stories. There is, quite literally, a place for that, and it is in the tabloid section that is customarily -- and carefully -- set out in supermarkets...
Here's a story about a dominant actor in the debt collection business that has been giving consumers angst and major headaches for years. Many people have suffered great consternation dealing with the entity even at the very outset of their unwanted relationship with...
