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Robert F. Brennan, Esq. is a principal with Brennan, Wiener & Associates, an AV-rated law firm in La Crescenta, CA. Sort By: Date | Popularity
 Can We Count on Companies to Protect Our Credit Card Data?On August 17, 2009 federal prosecutors charged Albert Gonzalez of Miami Florida, a former federal government informant, for allegedly stealing 130 million credit and debit card accounts. This was one of the largest know identity theft cases in US history. Gonzalez, the ring leader of an international team of thieves,... Lawsuits Target Widespread Abuses by Mortgage ServicersMortgage servicers are middlemen who process the mortgage payments from homeowners and direct the money to the banks or investors who hold the loans. With the current problems in the mortgage market, banks and the federal governments have reached consensus to help homeowners, but often the mortgage servicers, having the... Know Your Rights Against Debt CollectorsForbes Magazine recently published a good article entitled "How to Hold off Debt Collectors." This article is very helpful for consumers. The article includes a section entitled "Six Consumer Rights Every Debtor Should Know." Here is a summary of the article.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) receives number of complaints every... What to Do and What Not to Do When You are Contacted by a Debt CollectorDebt collectors prey on consumers who do not know their rights and who do not know how to handle calls from debt collectors. This article gives just a few short and simple tips for handling debt collector calls, since these are becoming ever more common as the market for "junk... The New World of Personal Injury Cases: "Go Organic!"My firm handles a lot of personal injury litigation, so, at the suggestion of friends and former clients, I am writing this blog on a regular basis to give readers info on how to handle their personal injury cases. I will go over several topics. My topic for the first... What to Do-And What Not to Do-When You Are Contacted by a Debt CollectorDebt collectors prey on consumers who do not know their rights and who do not know how to handle calls from debt collectors. This article gives just a few short and simple tips for handling debt collector calls, since these are becoming ever more common as the market for "junk... What to Do When a Debt Collector Contacts You About an Old Debt?Here's an email exchange I believe should be helpful to a lot of you out there. This is a situation where a debt collector contacts a consumer after serving a summons on the consumer for a very old debt, one likely past the statute of limitations. As with all business... The New World of Personal Injury Cases: Go Organic!My firm handles a lot of personal injury litigation, so, at the suggestion of friends and former clients, I am writing this blog on a regular basis to give readers info on how to handle their personal injury cases. I will go over several topics. My topic for the first... Can I Handle an Identity Theft by Myself or do I Need a Service Like Lifelock?I'm continuing to get calls from people who believe they have had their identities stolen or who may have been the subject of one of the big "data thefts" that have afflicted so many companies. These cases likely are not yet ripe for handling through litigation because there are really... Account Number Morphing - Still Another Barrier to Accurate Consumer Credit ReportingThe Federal Credit Reporting Act ["FCRA"] makes it mandatory for Credit Reporting Agencies such as Experian, Equifax and Trans Union "to follow reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy of the information in the [consumer's credit] report...." A willful and negligent failure to do so is violation number 1...
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