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Monday, July 24, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Bankruptcy Filings at Historic Lows But Expected to Rise » Bankruptcy Filings at Historic Lows But Expected to Rise The number of bankruptcies filed from Ju...
Thursday, July 13, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) S. 1471 Servicemember Debt Collection Reform Act » S. 1471 Servicemember Debt Collection Reform Act On...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Democrats Ask FTC To Review IRS Private Debt Collection Scripts » Democrats Ask FTC To Review IRS Private Debt Collection Scripts Four Democratic senators are asking the Federal Trad...
Thursday, June 29, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Taxpayer Advocate to Tackle IRS Private Debt Collection » Taxpayer Advocate to Tackle IRS Private Debt Collection The Taxpayer Advocate Service is taking additional steps t...
Friday, June 16, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Anti-Robocall Law Needs Update, Industry Tells House Panel » Anti-Robocall Law Needs Update, Industry Tells House Panel On June 13 th at a House Judiciary subcomm...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update - Cordray Says CFPB Moving Forward with Debt Collection Rules » Cordray Says CFPB Moving Forward with Debt Collection Rules Richard Cordray will move forward with pla...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update - S.1237 and H.R. 2527 Introduced » S.1237 Introduced On May 25, 2017 Sen. Chuck Grassley introduced S. 1237, a bill to amend title 11 of...
Friday, May 26, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update - S. 1262 Introduced » S. 1262 Introduced On May 25, 2017 Sen. Richard Durbin introduced S.1262, a bill to amend title 11 of t...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update - Education Department Reopens $2.8 Debt Collection Competition » Education Department Reopens $2.8 Debt Collection Competition Due to several prejudicial flaws, the Depa...
Friday, May 12, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update - H.R. 2366 Introduced » H.R.2366 Introduced On May 4, 2017 Rep. John Delaney (D-MD-6) introduced bill, H.R.2366, to amend titl...
Friday, April 28, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update - Downward Trend Continues in Bankruptcy Filings » Downward Trend Continues in Bankruptcy Filings The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts reported t...
Thursday, April 27, 2017 (1 Comment - view/add) CLLA Press Release: CLLA Submits Comments on H.R. 1849 » Comment of the Commercial Law League of America Submitted to the United States Congress in Support of H.R. 1849 – Practice...
Thursday, April 20, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Lawrence P. King Award Recipient Announced - Nancy B. Rapoport » Wauconda, IL, April 20, 2017 – The Commercial Law League of America (CLLA) and its Bankruptcy Section are pleased to prese...
Thursday, April 20, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) New CLLA Webinar Series » Coming in May 2017! Webinar CLE Opportunities Webinar Set Throughout the Year! CLLA is proud to provide a n...
Monday, April 17, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Legal Alert » Multiple Flaws Found in $2.8 Billion Debt Collection Procurement The Government Accountability Office said that the D...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Case Volume May Be Key to Private Tax Debt Collection Success » The IRS began its private debt collection program last week by sending letters to people informing them that their account...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Legal Alerts » H.R. 1667 Introduced On March 22, 2017 Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA-10) introduced bill, H.R.1667, the “Financial Inst...
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 CLLA Update - Bankruptcy Filings Dropped 6 Percent in 2016 » Bankruptcy Filings Dropped 6 Percent in 2016 According to the 2016 Annual Report, bankruptcy petitions...
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Commercial Law League of America (CLLA) Hosts 4th Annual Capitol Hill Day in Washington, D.C. » PRESS RELEASE &nb...
Friday, March 3, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) CFPB would lose Powerful Legal Weapon under Republican Plan » The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may lose some of its enforcement powers due to a Republican proposal that is expe...
Friday, February 24, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Press Release: Hill Day 2017 » PRESS RELEASE &nb...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Commercial Law League of America Names Alan Nahmias as 2017 President’s Cup Award Winner » PRESS RELEASE &nb...
Friday, February 3, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update - Bankruptcy Filings for 2016 Hit 30-year Low: ‘Flattening Out’ » Bankruptcy Filings for 2016 Hit 30-year Low: ‘Flattening Out’ According to statistics released January 25...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update - S. 105 Introduced » S.105 Introduced On January 11, 2017 Sen Deb Fischer (R – NEB) reintroduced bill, S. 105 to change the CFP...
Friday, January 27, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update - Republican Bill Could Draw Shutters on CFPB Complaint Database » A Republican bill, recently introduced, could shut down the Consumer Protection Bureau’s public complaints website. The pr...
Thursday, January 26, 2017 (0 Comments - view/add) Press Release: CLLA to Host 4th Annual Capitol Hill Day in Washington, D.C. » PRESS RELEASE &nb...
Monday, November 28, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update - Bankruptcy Filings Continue Slow Decline; Close to Bottom? » Bankruptcy Filings Continue Slow Decline; Close to Bottom? Bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period endi...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update - IRS Fears Scams as It Prepares for Private Debt Collection » IRS Fears Scams as It Prepares for Private Debt Collection The Internal Revenue Service will notify taxpay...
Thursday, October 13, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Press Release: CFPB Structure Declared Unconstitutional » FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Court Finds CFPB Structure Unconstitutional Wauconda, IL - October 13, 20...
Friday, September 16, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) A LEGAL LEGACY — Vicksburg’s Dabney keeps family name alive at oldest law firm in state » Law & Accounting , MBJ FEATURE , NEWS September 16, 2016 By Becky Gillette There has been a...
Friday, August 12, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update-FCC Limits Robocalls » On August 11, the Federal Communications Commission added to the many rules and regulations governing how companies can se...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update Two Bills Introduced Regarding Debt Collection » In July two bills were introduced in Congress regarding debt collection. The first bill introduced by Senator Joe Do...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update CFPB Debt Collection Plan Will Not Spare Banks » Banks may have dodged the brunt of new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposals on debt collection, but they won't e...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update-FCC Approves Robocall Penalty Exemption for Student Loan Collection » The Federal Communications Commission approved final rules late yesterday exempting robocalls or robotexts to collect loan...
Monday, August 1, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) CLLA Update-Debt Collectors Face Caps on Contacts under CFPB Proposals » As an update to the CFPB meeting last Thursday in California, debt collectors could face restrictions on how often they ca...
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7/24/2017Bankruptcy Filings at Historic Lows But Expected to Rise

7/13/2017S. 1471 Servicemember Debt Collection Reform Act

7/11/2017Democrats Ask FTC To Review IRS Private Debt Collection Scripts

6/29/2017Taxpayer Advocate to Tackle IRS Private Debt Collection

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CLLA Webinar Series: Lawyer as Supervisor - Ethical Considerations

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