Account Recovery

MARCH 18, 2025

We’ve all seen cases where a consumer files a lawsuit against a company in the credit and collection industry and the company then seeks to invoke the arbitration clause that was included in the original agreement between the consumer and the creditor. The law firm filed a collection lawsuit in state court.

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Account Recovery

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The result is an innovative, technology-enhanced recovery platform that helps creditors navigate regulatory complexities, optimize performance, and ensure fair and ethical collections practices. ✔ Ethical & Transparent Collection Practices Upholding truthfulness, fairness, and professionalism in every interaction.

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UK debt collections

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The administrators of a collapsed Liverpool law firm have admitted they do not know if creditors will receive a return, amid ongoing uncertainty over exactly how the business came to grief. Meanwhile, the amount owed to creditors within a year jumped from £5.8m a year before.

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Account Recovery

OCTOBER 12, 2021

An interesting Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case out of Minnesota involving a creditor who mis-spelled a customer’s first and last name incorrectly when placing the account with a law firm for collection, a customer who changed her name before filing for bankruptcy protection, and a law firm that may or may not do enough … The post (..)

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Account Recovery

JULY 15, 2022

A District Court judge in California has denied a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that the collection law firm’s actions were independent of the original creditor, and thus not subject to the original agreement’s arbitration clause.

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Account Recovery

JANUARY 27, 2025

Gordon of the District Court for the District of Nevada ruled that the defendant, a debt collection law firm, lacked the necessary minimum contacts with Nevada to establish personal jurisdiction. The background: The case stemmed from a consumer credit card debt judgment originally obtained in Tennessee by a creditor.

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Account Recovery

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Merchant of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued the ruling, determining that the plaintiff failed to establish sufficient connections between the law firm and the state of New York to justify her authority over the defendant. Translation: to CYA, you need better original creditor contracts.]

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

APRIL 14, 2024

Law firms usually collect money in arrears, ie – we’ve done the work, now kindly pay us. Most often, that payment is collected via a standard invoicing process. A bill is sent to the client; then, the firm waits to get paid. And, it can be done in a law firm.

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Account Recovery

MARCH 24, 2021

One creditor is running into some legal trouble because it doesn’t. Do you still have copies of your policies and procedures lying around from 2005?

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Qualco

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Collaboration with law firms and Debt Collection Agencies (DCAs) is an integral part of modern collections and recoveries practices. Not only at the stage of the legal action where the involvement of legal professionals is necessary, but also at the earlier, amicable collections stages. Risk of misrepresentation.

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Account Recovery

JUNE 28, 2023

A “tidal wave” of lawsuits seeking to collect and recover on unpaid debts is “imminent,” according to SoloSuit, a company that helps individuals respond to collection lawsuits. Rising […]

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Account Recovery

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Prior to joining Velocity, Michael co-founded a fintech consulting firm, Maxwell & Graves Solutions, and was responsible for building and leading Collections & Recovery at Prosper Marketplace. Mark Ravanesi is coming onto the RMAI Board of Directors for 2025, in the certified third-party collection agency seat.

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Debt Free Colorado

APRIL 1, 2021

That said, let me walk you through all the elements of this particular email that tip it off as a scam: From: Sherrill Green <SherrillGreen@outlook.com> Wait, the prestigious “Webster Law Firm” doesn’t have it’s own domain and you’re using a generic outlook.com account? That’s odd.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

JUNE 14, 2023

When a debtor owes a creditor money and the creditor is seeking assistance collecting the amount owed, the creditor can either use a collection law firm or a collection agency. Law firms and collection agencies serve the same purpose initially.

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Account Recovery

JANUARY 30, 2025

TEC Services Group is the leading technology and professional services firm in the credit collections industry offering both leading industry solutions along with unrivaled, unbiased, and experienced support. I am thrilled to announce that the Getting to Know series will be sponsored by TEC Services Group in 2024.

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Account Recovery

MARCH 10, 2025

When obtaining a judgment in a debt collection action and, thereafter, seeking to enforce that judgment, debt collectors must be aware of the EIPA and proceed accordingly. More details here. WHAT THIS MEANS, FROM JACQUELYN DICICCO OF J. More details here.

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Account Recovery

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A Magistrate Judge in Ohio has gone to great lengths to recommend that a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit filed against a creditor and the law firm it used to collect on an unpaid debt be dismissed on the grounds that the plaintiff’s complaint fails to state a claim against any of the defendants […]

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Credit Corp

JANUARY 21, 2021

A collections notice shows up, a debt collector starts calling or you find a negative report on your credit history, but you know you paid the account in question. Can you sue a company for sending you to collections for money you didn’t owe? How Does the Law Protect Your Rights Regarding Credit Collections and Reporting?

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Account Recovery

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The California Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal filed by a plaintiff who sued a creditor that purchased a debt, its attorney, and the law firm that was used to collect on the debt claiming that they violated state and federal laws because the right to compel arbitration was not transferred to those entities […]

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Account Recovery

OCTOBER 7, 2024

WHAT THIS MEANS, FROM JUSTIN PENN OF HINSHAW CULBERTSON: Too often the ARM industry finds itself defending federal litigation that arises out of unsuccessful state court collection lawsuits, and this case is helpful in at least two ways. First, it supports the notion that not all failed collection litigation should result in an FDCPA claim.

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Collections Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Cohen & Associates LLC, our commercial collections attorneys have over five decades of commercial collections experience. Our firm’s attorneys relentlessly and aggressively pursue the collection of debts on behalf of our clients while maintaining the utmost ethical standards to do so. What is ethical debt collection?

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JUNE 23, 2024

Now, the thing that’s interesting is that most law firms – most employers, I would go so far as to say – treat in-office and virtual employees the same way. Remote employees also require law firms to adopt additional policies. When the nature of work changes, the collection of your office policies needs to be updated.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

If you can use the same process for billing every time, it makes it much easier to repeat that process, including for collection purposes. But, as with many things that require repetition in business, the use of templates can help tremendously, in streamlining your law firm processes.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Law firm account s receivable can be gnarly, sometimes extending into the six figures. Of course, you may not ever get to 100% collection rates – that’s a tall order – and, you may have some accounts receivable to deal with already. Now, there are a couple of responses to that. Contact us for template fee agreement clauses!

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

At this point, it’s probably foolish to prohibit the use of AI for you r associates and staff, because it’s even embedded in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, at this point – productivity softwares that almost every attorney and law firm staffperson use at least one of. We’ve got one!

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Booking initial consultations are essential for most law firms. That’s how the vast majority of lawyers vet their potential clients, and determine whether or not they are a fit for the firm. Of course, actually collecting that payment, has always been the hard part. Getting paid for a consultation, is simpler than ever.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

One of the things that came out of the pandemic was that it was clear that law firms need ed to think more granularly about their intake processes. Now , in thinking about your law firm’s intake process , understand that it comes in stages. So, when it comes to intake, it’s: qualify, then collect.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

But, there is a pathway to make better decisions about how to run a law firm – and, as it turns out, the data’s right there in front of you. Most law firms are using case management software or accounting software, which is where law firm financial data is arrayed. What’s your collection rate ? –

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Credit Corp

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

You can remove collection accounts from your credit report by disputing inaccuracies, asking for goodwill deletions, or requesting a pay for delete agreement. Collection accounts are bad for your credit score. So if you have a debt in collections, your credit score has likely taken a dip.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

MARCH 28, 2024

Now, ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, law firms have been far more attuned to intake, than previously – but, there are still some refinements that can be made, to that process. First, law firms should endeavor to create a ‘universal intake form’ – that can be used by any staffperson or outside vendor, in any context.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

APRIL 21, 2022

By choosing to enlist the help of a debt collection law firm you can take advantage of a number of different debt collection options to assist in the collection of monies owed to you. Collection attorneys work as a “legal” agency. A creditor may have an interest in an asset (i.e. Security Interest.

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Collections Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

If you are having trouble collecting a commercial debt, you may wonder what you can do to make the debtor pay. The truth is, you have many tools available to you under Massachusetts law. The experienced commercial collections attorneys at the Law Offices of Alan M. Cohen LLC know how to choose the right tools for the job.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

So, if your law firm is really bad about keeping in touch with clients and referrals sources, why not pretend like you just started your law firm? So, what would you do if you were reopening a law firm, say , 10 years in? Rebrand as if you’re branding your law firm for the first.

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Jimerson Firm

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In the event the borrower defaults, usually by failing to make loan payments, a secured creditor has a right to take possession of the collateral. The quickest and cheapest way for a secured creditor to take possession of the collateral is by self-help repossession. 679.609, Fla. What Does it Mean to “Breach the Peace”? 2d at 625 (Fla.

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UK debt collections

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

French debt collection agencies are particularly prevalent due to the country’s strong economic dependence on Small Businesses and Medium enterprises. Recovering business-to-business debts (B2B) takes on considerable importance for debt collection attorneys across France. A Five Step Process to Recovering your Debts in France.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Modern law firm consumers are an entirely new breed. They have more law firm options than ever before, and aren’t afraid to use them. This can be frustrating for law firms, whose billing practices tend to be antiquated. They are committed to mobile search. if you’re willing to try them.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JANUARY 8, 2019

Law firms work vigorously to convert leads: to get those leads to pay retainers and sign engagement agreements. This paucity of response is one of the reasons that law firms have a bad reputation for customer service. And, that’s why your law firm should adopt and utilize a client journey.

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