A new compliance scorecard highlights sweeping changes in state debt collection laws, with California expanding protections to certain commercial debts under SB 1286. These shifts come as the CFPB ...

A creditor with a judgment can hit your paycheck and your account at the same time, causing major financial issues.

Commercial business lawyer Adham Alaily joins Karen Conti to discuss people’s rights when they owe money to credit card ...

Virginia is about to get a handful of new laws to crack down on debt collectors.

Once a balance is at least 30 days past due, debt collectors can start calling. Complaints of threatening and harassing ...

You might know that panicky feeling when your phone displays a number from an unknown caller. Most times, you send it ...

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PORTLAND, Oregon — Water is essential. It keeps us alive. Yet it’s this necessity, water, that’s thrown a Portland family into a financial tailspin. Their bank accounts were frozen because of an ...

On September 24, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law California Senate Bill 1286 (“SB 1286”). SB 1286 will extend existing consumer debt collection protections in California to small ...