Recent Posts in February, 2013

• Another good reason to consider filing for bankruptcy
  Feb 28, 2013
  Over four years ago, the American economy took a sharp nosedive, as did the economies of several other western, industrialized nations. Thankfully, ...
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• Practice Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Expands Liability for Losing FDCPA Plaintiffs
  Feb 27, 2013
  The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) states that when a Plaintiff brings a case in bad faith and with the purpose of harassment, that ...
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• Illinois Supreme Court Rule 113 -- New Mortgage Foreclosure Procudures
  Feb 23, 2013
  One of the reasons why Illinois has such a famously long foreclosure timeline is because our state's judicial foreclosure process puts procedural and ...
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• Illinois Supreme Court Rule 99.1 -- Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Programs
  Feb 22, 2013
  Newly implemented Rule 99.1 establishes standardized requirements for mortgage foreclosure mediation programs. Judicial circuits that currently have a ...
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• Illinois Supreme Court Rule 114 -- The Loss Mitigation Affidavit
  Feb 22, 2013
  Illinois Supreme Court Rule 114 establishes a new procedural requirement in Illinois mortgage foreclosure cases -- the loss mitigation affidavit. ...
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• CFPB Bulletin 2013-01: What's Coming for Mortgage Servicing Transfers
  Feb 19, 2013
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues bulletins for many purposes, one of which is to notify the industries that it regulates about upcoming ...
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• New FTC Report: Over 1/4 of Credit Reports Contain Errors
  Feb 15, 2013
  According to a recent report by the FTC , 26% of credit reports contain an error, but 95% of those errors do not affect on the individual's credit ...
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• Illinois Foreclosures are Down! Or Up!
  Feb 14, 2013
  "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -- Mark Twain ( or possibly Benjamin Disraeli ) Today, I found two different ...
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• Debt Buyer Lawsuits
  Feb 8, 2013
  In my experience, debt buyer lawsuits lack significant pieces of information that establish a prima facie case. Because debt buyers often receive very ...
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• Things That You Should Never Do When Dealing With Creditors
  Feb 8, 2013
  When I go to the courthouse, I often see consumers appearing in court pro se who make truly poor choices when speaking to the judge. I also see people ...
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• FTC Releases Report on Debt Buyers
  Feb 4, 2013
  The Federal Trade Commission has released a report on the debt purchasing industry. This report is the first of its kind and takes a critical look at ...
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• The Independent Foreclosure Review -- Here Come the Whistleblowers
  Feb 1, 2013
  Naked Capitalism is running a series of posts describing the ugly truth behind the now-defunct Independent Foreclosure Review. Whistleblowers from ...
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