http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/07/03/jacksonville-debt-collectors-sued-for-13-million/ Real Lawyers, Real Solutions Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:34:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/07/03/jacksonville-debt-collectors-sued-for-13-million/comment-page-1/#comment-27615 Jacksonville is a hotbed for illegal collection activity : Credit Law Network Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:20:42 +0000 http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/07/03/jacksonville-debt-collectors-sued-for-13-million/#comment-27615 [...] Associates, as well as the owners of both, Frank and Evelyn Jackson. The lawsuit, first reported in a Bankruptcy Law Network post last July, seeks $1.3 million in penalties plus restitution. In response to the McCollum’s threat of [...] [...] Associates, as well as the owners of both, Frank and Evelyn Jackson. The lawsuit, first reported in a Bankruptcy Law Network post last July, seeks $1.3 million in penalties plus restitution. In response to the McCollum’s threat of [...]

]]> http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/07/03/jacksonville-debt-collectors-sued-for-13-million/comment-page-1/#comment-7674 Why Consumers Are Paying Credit Card Debts Before Their HELOCs at Bankruptcy Law Network - Real Lawyers, Real Solutions Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:16:59 +0000 http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/07/03/jacksonville-debt-collectors-sued-for-13-million/#comment-7674 [...] First of all, anyone past due on credit card debts knows that collection agencies will aggressively browbeat in an attempt to squeeze pennies out of debtors. People will pay an abusive collector money at the expense of keeping secured debt, like a home equity line of credit, current. Collection agencies are governed by the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and collectors frequently engage in activity prohibited by the law, even posing as law enforcement or attorneys. More increasingly, such agencies have come under fire from states’ Attorney Generals’ offices, most recently Florida. [...] [...] First of all, anyone past due on credit card debts knows that collection agencies will aggressively browbeat in an attempt to squeeze pennies out of debtors. People will pay an abusive collector money at the expense of keeping secured debt, like a home equity line of credit, current. Collection agencies are governed by the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and collectors frequently engage in activity prohibited by the law, even posing as law enforcement or attorneys. More increasingly, such agencies have come under fire from states’ Attorney Generals’ offices, most recently Florida. [...]

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