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Bank of America is facing a lawsuit claiming unpaid overtime violations

Bank of America is facing an “unpaid overtime” class action lawsuit on behalf of approximately 850 Mortgage Origination Employees including (but not limited to) Retail Sales ...

Debt collector sued for FDCPA violations after allegedly pretending to be an attorney

Debt Collection agency, National Credit Audit Corporation was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act (FDCPA) after one of its debt collectors allegedly ...

San Francisco Giants must pay $700,000 in back wages and fines following a Labor Department Investigation

According to a recent San Francisco Chronicle report,  “as a result of  a federal audit by the U.S. Labor Department, The San Francisco Giants baseball team has agreed ...

Yes! You can sue a debt collector even if you owe the debt

Over the years, many clients have asked me if they are able to sue a debt collector for harassment under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), ...

You can not go to jail for being late on your credit card

A fairly common, yet illegal tactic of overly aggressive debt collectors is to threaten consumers with arrest if they do not pay their debt.  Some shady debt collectors have even go ...

Attorney General Attempts To Close Down A Debt Collector For Violating The FDCPA

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo sued debt collection agency,  Benning-Smith Group, for allegedly violating approximately 1,000 state and federal laws.  Cuomo claims that his office received 850 complaints against ...