Fear – Sown by Debt Collection Litigations Among Consumers

1/27/2011 Recently, news coming from various parts of the country have reported on alarming irregularities in the debt collection industry in the United States. It has also been reported that there is now a widespread use of litigation, making it a collection tool. Various law firms and legal service companies are now focusing on this […]

Foreclosures and Poverty Force Brooklyn Homeowners to Represent Themselves in Court

1/27/2011 One could see the list of cases on foreclosures posted right outside the Brooklyn Civil Supreme Court. The plaintiffs are mostly banks like JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup, and of course the defendants are those homeowners whose properties are about to be foreclosed. Most of the defendants will be represented in court, surprisingly, […]