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Look How Far You’ve Come

Dear Debt

In personal finance, we’re always looking ahead. So often we think “I’ll be happy when I’m debt-free.” or “I’ll be happy when I have X net worth.” We can become… Related Posts: Dear Debt, You Make Me a Bitter Betty. Dear Debt, We're Getting Divorced. Financial Literacy Matters, Especially for Women. What the Worst Year of My Life Taught Me About Money.

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Supreme Court Rules that an Ambiguous Agreement Cannot Be a Basis to Compel Class Arbitration

BN Lawyers

In Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. Animal Feeds Int’l Corp. , the Supreme Court held in 2010 that a court may not compel arbitration on a class-wide basis when an agreement is “silent” on the availability of class arbitration. The court recognized in Stolt and later cases that class arbitration fundamentally changes the nature of the “traditional individualized arbitration” envisioned by the Federal Arbitration Act, and that “a party may not be compelled under the FAA to submit to class arbitration un

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Spring is Here and a Proposed Debt Collection Rule is Imminent

Consumer Financial Services Law

More than five years after it issued its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the CFPB appears poised to issue its proposed debt collection rules. The first hint that this was imminent came in the fall of 2018 when the CFPB announced it anticipated issuing a Notice of Public Rule Making in the spring of 2019. Since then, there have been several other public statements concerning the highly anticipated rule making.

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Space, the Final Frontier: Office Space Options Continue to Proliferate for Attorneys

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

A decade ago, lawyers had just one option for office space: a traditional lease. That’s a costly option, of course, and can be a barrier to entry, especially for young lawyers, looking to start new law firms. It’s also a scary, long-term commitment, potentially for up to f ive years, for any law firm. Fortunately, there are now more office space options than you can shake a stick at.

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Solve Your Firms Automation Complexities Once and For All

Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.

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Don’t Be Late – Filing Proofs Of Claims In A Bankruptcy Case

BN Lawyers

When a creditor is notified that a debtor has filed for bankruptcy, the creditor should be careful to determine whether it needs to file a Proof of Claim in the case to preserve its rights to receive payments from the bankrupt estate. This article goes over the importance of a creditor acting in a timely and proper fashion and preserving its rights in the bankruptcy process.