Complete Guide to Credit and Collection Law
Complete Guide to Credit and Collection Law

Author: Jay Winston

Publisher: Aspen Publishers

Published: 2011-10-01

Total Pages: 2224

ISBN-13: 9780735510081

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When chief financial officers, attorneys and business owners focus on debt collection - both consumer and business debts - their overall concern can be generally summarized in two short sentences: "What can I do legally?" and "Where do I find the answer?" Aspen Publishers' Complete Guide to Credit and Collection Law, 2011 - 2012 Edition is a comprehensive effort to answer these questions. Recent years have produced as many significant changes in the credit and collection industry as Sarbanes-Oxley produced in Wall Street. Legislation emerging from Congress impacts not only on the extension of credit, but also the collection of debts. The new, completely updated 2011 - 2012 Edition contains the following: In-depth analysis of stale, unsigned, bounced, post dated, stop payment, certified and cashiers' checks Suggestions for the preparation of letters and preparing scripts for telephone calls Preventing foreclosures and enhancing mortgage credit Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act Bell v. Twombly Proof of Claims in Bankruptcy Red Flag Rule How to improve your credit rating at the Better Business Bureau Decisions from the Supreme Court on imposing arbitration and enforcing a waiver clause Title X of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 Only Complete Guide to Credit and Collection Law, 2011 - 2012 Edition will help you raise collection rates and reduce costs, while making certain you always remain in compliance. Updated yearly and packed with useful tips and tools, this thorough guide is recognized as the industry's most comprehensive reference manual. Complete Guide to Credit and Collection Law, 2011 - 2012 Edition is immediately applicable in real-world situations, providing: Annual updates to keep you apprised of new laws, judicial decisions & hot topics Clear explanations of the key laws that affect credit and collection Easy-to-read summaries/Plain-English explanations Practical credit-risk guidelines-Practice Tips Appendices containing the actual laws, and case excerpts that you need to make informed business decisions, including: surveys of laws governing commercial collection, Regulation M--consumer leasing, meaningful involvement under FDCPA, and Regulation Z and Revised Article 9 of the UCC; Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009; updated Truth in Lending Act..

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781590318737

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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

The Guerrilla Guide to Credit Repair
The Guerrilla Guide to Credit Repair

Author: Todd Bierman

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2005-12-27

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780312340254

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A bad credit rating can keep you from buying a house, renting a car, or even sending flowers. yet most people don't know how to find out the status of their credit or how to fix it if it's bad. This book can save you time and money. Written by a journalist and a credit consultant to the mortgage industry, The Guerrilla Guide to Credit Repair tells you how the major credit bureaus compile your credit history, and teaches you how to deal with them if there is a problem. Easy to use, the book shows you: --How to contact three major credit bureaus and get a copy of your credit report. --How to decipher and understand the report's complex codes, numbers, and implications. --Step-by-step, how to correct errors and clean up your credit history. --How to use your legal rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Billing Act, and the Truth in Lending Act to protect yourself against credit abuse. Sample credit reports, form letters, and proven techniques for credit repair makes this an invaluable guide for all consumers.

Corporate Financial Distress and Bankruptcy
Corporate Financial Distress and Bankruptcy

Author: Edward I. Altman

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-03-11

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1118046048

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A comprehensive look at the enormous growth and evolution of distressed debt, corporate bankruptcy, and credit risk default This Third Edition of the most authoritative finance book on the topic updates and expands its discussion of corporate distress and bankruptcy, as well as the related markets dealing with high-yield and distressed debt, and offers state-of-the-art analysis and research on the costs of bankruptcy, credit default prediction, the post-emergence period performance of bankrupt firms, and more.

Repairing a Broken System
Repairing a Broken System

Author: Jon Leibowitz

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 1437936350

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Creditors and collectors seek to recover consumer debts through the use of litigation and arbitration. But, neither litigation nor arbitration currently provides adequate protection for consumers. The system for resolving disputes about consumer debts is broken. To fix the system, federal and state governments, the debt collection industry, and other stakeholders should make a variety of significant reforms in litigation and arbitration so that the system is both efficient and fair. Contents of this report: Introduction; Litigation and Arbitration Proceedings; Conclusion. Appendices: Debt Collection Roundtable (DCR) Panelists; Contributors to DCR; Agendas for DCR; DCR Public Comments; Sample State Debt Collection Checklists. Illustrations.

Distressed Debt Analysis
Distressed Debt Analysis

Author: Stephen G. Moyer

Publisher: J. Ross Publishing

Published: 2004-11-15

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 1932159185

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Providing theoretical and practical insight, this book presents a conceptual, but not overly technical, outline of the financial and bankruptcy law context in which restructurings take place. The author uses numerous real- world examples to demonstrate concepts and critical issues. Readers will understand the chess-like, multi- move strategies necessary to achieve financially advantageous results.

Debt's Dominion
Debt's Dominion

Author: David A. Skeel Jr.

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1400828503

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Bankruptcy in America, in stark contrast to its status in most other countries, typically signifies not a debtor's last gasp but an opportunity to catch one's breath and recoup. Why has the nation's legal system evolved to allow both corporate and individual debtors greater control over their fate than imaginable elsewhere? Masterfully probing the political dynamics behind this question, David Skeel here provides the first complete account of the remarkable journey American bankruptcy law has taken from its beginnings in 1800, when Congress lifted the country's first bankruptcy code right out of English law, to the present day. Skeel shows that the confluence of three forces that emerged over many years--an organized creditor lobby, pro-debtor ideological currents, and an increasingly powerful bankruptcy bar--explains the distinctive contours of American bankruptcy law. Their interplay, he argues in clear, inviting prose, has seen efforts to legislate bankruptcy become a compelling battle royale between bankers and lawyers--one in which the bankers recently seem to have gained the upper hand. Skeel demonstrates, for example, that a fiercely divided bankruptcy commission and the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress have yielded the recent, ideologically charged battles over consumer bankruptcy. The uniqueness of American bankruptcy has often been noted, but it has never been explained. As different as twenty-first century America is from the horse-and-buggy era origins of our bankruptcy laws, Skeel shows that the same political factors continue to shape our unique response to financial distress.