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REMINDER: New Credit Card Rules Go into Effect in 2010

by Peter Orville, Binghamton Bankruptcy Lawyer

New rules prohibiting unfair collection acts and practices will go into effect in 2010.  The Federal Reserve Board announced last December the approval of these new rules to better protect credit card users.   In the meantime, credit card companies are positioning themselves to try to lessen the impact on them of the new rules. For instance, credit card [...]

Debt Cures: Does Kevin Trudeau Make Money or Sense? Part 14: Slaying the Dragons

by Karen Oakes, Southern Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney

Part 14 of my review of Kevin Trudeau’s book, “Debt Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know” examines Chapter 19:  Slaying the Dragons. The purpose of the review is to examine whether Trudeau,  who has had extensive involvement with credit card fraud and the Federal Trade Commission for some of his previous books, makes any sense in [...]