by John Skiba, Esq. | Jul 13, 2015 | Collection Law Suits, Debt Collection Lawsuits, Newsletter
I am excited to launch a new service to consumers who are battling their debt problems without the assistance of an attorney. Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 14th, at 9:00 a.m. P.S.T. the online video courses will become available. Right now you will be able to access...
by John Skiba, Esq. | Jul 5, 2015 | Collection Law Suits, Debt Collection Lawsuits, Newsletter
Every year over 400,000 debt collection lawsuits are filed by junk debt buyers like Midland Funding, Portfolio Recovery Associates, Cavalry SPV, and CACH, LLC. Worse yet, nearly 95% of these collection cases end in a default judgment – meaning that the consumer who...
by John Skiba, Esq. | Jun 9, 2015 | Collection Law Suits, Debt Collection Lawsuits
Cavalry Portfolio Services is a junk debt buyer that files a lot of debt collection lawsuits here in Arizona. Often times they file the lawsuit under names such as Cavalry SPV. On March 30, 2015 the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions assessed a $175,000...
by John Skiba, Esq. | Jun 9, 2015 | Collection Law Suits, Debt Collection Lawsuits, Newsletter
This past weekend I attended a workshop in Seattle that was set up for consumer protection lawyers like myself who help people fight back against junk debt buyers like Midland Funding, Cavalry SPV, CACH, LLC (too name a few). The presenter was Peter Holland, a...
by John Skiba, Esq. | Jun 8, 2015 | Collection Law Suits, Debt Collection Lawsuits, Uncategorized
On May 29, 2015 Bank of America and its affiliate FIA Card Services, were fined $30 million by the Department of the Treasury through the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) for engaging in “unsound, unsafe” and illegal behavior...
by John Skiba, Esq. | May 12, 2015 | Collection Law Suits, Debt Collection Lawsuits, Fair Debt Collection, FDCPA Claims, Newsletter
It has baffled me for years. Time and again I see courts give junk debt buyer Midland Funding the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the trustworthiness of their “evidence” and the testimony of their witnesses at trial – despite the fact that...