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Television and Media
In these difficult economic times it is no surprise that a booming area of business involves the “debt negotiation” business. We have all heard the radio and TV ads of firms promising to stop credit phone calls, to reveal secret programs that the credit card industry does not want you to know and to settle [...]
I must admit that I am not a fan of info-mercials. I see the hawksters, the promotions on the television and while I might want to buy the “ShamWow” (now, that guy Vince is a salesman), I usually flip straight through the channels to get to the show of the evening. I have been seeing Kevin [...]
As a bankruptcy lawyer, I am very sensitive to the on-going debate in newspapers, by financial “experts” on TV and on hundreds of blogs regarding the “best” way for a struggling consumer to get out of debt. Controversial and hard line positions tend to get attention so it is not surprising to find pundits to [...]
The Associated Press reports that an Australian Court has permitted a mortgage lender to use Facebook as a means to serve legal documents on homeowners in a foreclosure case. Mortgage lender MKM Capital was apparently unable to achieve personal service on delinquent homeowners Gordon Poyser and Carmel Corbo, two retirees who were unable to make [...]
You see and hear the advertisements every day from so called “debt settlement” companies: Are you drowning in debt? Call XYZ Company. We can help you. We know the secrets that credit card companies don’t want you to know about. We can set up a payment plan that will slash your minimum payments and reduce [...]
