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DISGUISE THE LIMIT: FTC SUES DEBT COLLECTORS WHO CLAIMED OFFICIAL AFFILIATION reprint from: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2016/01/disguise-limit-ftc-sues-debt-collectors-who-claimed-official Posted 11 Jan 2016 When we announced Operation Collection Protection in November, a federal-state crackdown on illegal debt collection practices, we said it was just the start of a historic partnership – and we weren’t kidding. Today marks the next phase: four […]

reprint from: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/business/dealbook/sued-over-old-debt-and-blocked-from-suing-back.html?_r=0 Posted 11 Jan 2016 Clifford Cain Jr., a retired electrician in Baltimore, was used to living on a tight budget, carefully apportioning his Social Security and pension benefits to cover his rent and medication for multiple sclerosis. So Mr. Cain was puzzled when he suddenly could not make ends meet. Months later, he […]

reprint from: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/equifax-loses-186-million-lawsuit/story?id=19803421 Posted 11 Jan 2016 For two years an Oregon woman tried without success to get mistakes in her Equifax credit report fixed. Now a jury has awarded her $18.6 million for her trouble. Justin Baxter, one of the attorneys representing Julie Miller of Marion County, Ore., tells ABC he believes the judgment is […]