Collection Attorney News

About This Series
Minneapolis Star Tribune - We don't know when our neighbor is living on borrowed money; we have no idea when collection agencies are calling a colleague. This series began as a search for a few Minnesotans with money questions. The idea was to pair them with financial advisers

LIPA electric shutoffs rising
Newsday - than 30 days late receive a "reminder" notice and a phone call, Cunningham said. That continues until the customer is 90 days late, at which point, if an agreement can't be made to pay in installments, service can be shut off. Collection agencies are

What to Do When a Debt Collector Calls
KHNL News 8 - By Andrew Housser Every year, the U.S. Better Business Bureaus (BBB) rank their worst 10 industries by number of consumer complaints received, and collection agencies appear with great regularity. For 2005, collection agencies rank No. 6 on the BBB

New Campaign Targeting Delinquent Tax Payers
WISH-TV - So while tax amnesty is considered a success, state government collected only a fraction of the outstanding taxes. $1.1 billion worth is still out there so the state hired three collection agencies. "There is a lot of taxes paid and owed by