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Using Aggressive Methods to Domesticate Foreign Judgments and Enforce Mechanics Liens

Collections Law

Whether you operate in or outside Massachusetts, if your customer to whom you had provided goods or rendered services on credit is located in Massachusetts and is not paying off your debt, then get in touch with our experienced and aggressive debt collection lawyer, Alan M. A mechanics lien serves like collateral. Cohen, today.

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Pretty Paper: Modern Lawyers Can Still Use Pen and Paper

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Just because you want to be a modern lawyer, that doesn’t mean that you have to give up all of your paper. For lawyers, the love of paper persists; it often hearkens back to a prior age of law practice. Many lawyers just like to write on paper, to hold it. In practice, it’s a tactile sensation. Yes, it’s a real ink pen.

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Why Every Lawyer And Client Should Be Fighting To Stop The "Meaningful Attorney Involvement" Doctrine From Spreading

FDCPA Defense

Few things are more fundamental in the law than the principle that a lawyer owes a duty of loyalty to the client, a duty to be vigorous advocate within the bounds of the law, and a duty to maintain the client’s confidences and preserve the attorney-client privilege. Clients expect this of their attorneys, as they should. It makes no sense.

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CFPB’s Latest Existential Threat: Legal Challenges To Its Funding

Collection Industry News

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit signaled their view that the CFPB’s funding mechanism violates the Constitution’s separation of powers because it happens outside of the Congressional appropriations process. But there is no severability clause for the CFPB’s funding mechanism. Earlier this month, five judges on the U.S.

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Web Client: Move Beyond Referral Marketing

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

All lawyers have marketed their law firms in the same fashion since time in memoriam. Of course , most of those preferred mechanisms do not align with how attorneys work to acquire and convert leads. In fact, the traditional preference of finding other lawyers and ancillary professionals is the worst of those relayed option s.

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How Debt Collectors Work

Taurus Collect

Whether you’re on the receiving end of a collection action or considering employing such services, understanding the mechanisms at play can help in navigating the often complex world of debt recovery. Introduction Debt collectors, often viewed with a mix of apprehension and uncertainty, play a significant role in the credit economy.

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Soon, Debt Collectors Can Contact You on Social Media

Sawin & Shea

So far, there’s no mechanism to opt-out and the CFPB is still working on that part of the process. It’s well known that debt collectors, lawyers, the IRS, and the Social Security Administration look people up on social media during investigations. Or at least that’s the plan.