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Tag Archives: consumer affairs
 The New York Attorney General recently announced the filing of felony charges against the owner of a New York debt collection company that targeted military personnel with credit card lawsuits and harassed active members of the military and their families.
The investigation led to the filing of criminal charges against Stephanie Lowinger of Anderson Place in...
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Posted in Consumer Law, Debt Collection Law
Tags: Attorney General, bill collection agency, collection laws, collections defense long island, collections defense nassau, collections defense suffolk, consumer affairs, consumer law, consumer lawyer, consumer protection, consumer rights, credit card debt, credit card lawsuit, credit card lawsuits, credit collection, debt collection agency, injunctive relief
 Andrew DeMarchis and Kevin Graff, two 13 year old boys from Chappaqua’s Seven Bridges Middle School, decided to make some extra money by selling baked goods in their local park. The two young entrepreneurs had dreams of one day opening a restaurant, and sold cupcakes, cookies, brownies and Rice Krispy treats they baked for $1...
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 Cablevision customers Julia Gallo, Andrew Koplik and Dorothy Rabsey filed a class action lawsuit on Tuesday on behalf of over 3 million Cablevision subscribers against Cablevision, claiming its negotiation strategy with Fox caused a material and substantial detriment to its customers, to the tune of almost half a billion dollars. On October 16, 2010, Cablevision...
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Posted in Civil Litigation, Consumer Law, Contract Law
Tags: breach of contract, Cablevision lawsuits, Civil Litigation, consumer affairs, consumer law, consumer rights, contract law, Federal Litigation, injunctive relief, Long Island, Nassau, New York, Suffolk
 If you have any experience with the debt collection industry or credit card lawsuits, you’ve heard the term “gutter service.” It is a term used to describe a scenario in which a process server, who is supposed to serve a defendant with a summons and complaint in accordance with the Civil Practice Law and Rules,...
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Posted in Civil Litigation, Consumer Law, Contract Law, Debt Collection Law
Tags: bill collection agency, Civil Litigation, cohen and slamowitz, collection laws, collections defense long island, collections defense nassau, collections defense suffolk, consumer affairs, consumer law, consumer lawyer, consumer protection, consumer rights, CPLR, credit card court, credit card debt, credit card laws, credit card lawsuit, credit card lawsuit defense, credit card lawsuits, credit collection, credit collection laws, credit lawyer, debt collection agency, debt collection lawyer, debt consolidation, debt law, debt lawyer, debt settlement attorney
 In the matter of Erin Servs. Co., LLC v Bohnet, 2010 NY Slip Op 50327(U), a Nassau County District Court case, the tables turned on a debt collection company pursuing a credit card debt against a defaulting debtor. This assigned credit card debt lawsuit commenced in 2004, and resulted in a default judgment against the...
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Posted in Consumer Law, Contract Law, Debt Collection Law
Tags: bill collection agency, civil court, civil law, Civil Litigation, cohen and slamowitz, collection laws, collections defense long island, collections defense nassau, collections defense suffolk, consumer affairs, consumer law, consumer lawyer, consumer protection, consumer rights, contract law, credit card court, credit card debt, credit card laws, credit card lawsuit, credit card lawsuit defense, credit card lawsuits, credit collection, credit collection laws, credit lawyer, debt collection agency, debt collection lawyer, debt consolidation, debt law, debt lawyer, debt settlement attorney, fdcpa, Forster Garbus, Rubin and Rothman
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