If you are in debt and facing debt collection proceedings, you need the help of an experienced debt defense attorney. In this video we discuss four reasons why you need a debt defense lawyer. Contact the Bromberg Law Office, P.C. at 212-248-7906 today to schedule an appointment
Consumers with 917 area-code phone numbers were bombarded with over 27.5 million Robocalls in the month of July 2016, according to a private company that tracks telemarketing, debt collection, and other Robocall activity nationwide. The statistic – which made New York City the fifth most
Many consumers have fallen prey to a bait and switch marketing ploy at some point in their lifetime by an unscrupulous seller. The product you are interested in buying seems perfect for the price and so you buy it, but once you receive the item
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an independent agency of the U.S. government tasked with looking out for the rights of consumers in the financial sector. In light of the CFPB’s responsibility to consumers, the CFPB has proposed new rules intended to prohibit the
One of the most awful things that can happen to you is to become a victim of identity theft. A thief can assume your identity, open lines of credit in your name, pose as you, destroy your credit, and just generally wreak havoc with your
Many people have debts that have gotten out of hand and have gotten away from them. When these debts become overdue, creditors often hire a debt collection agency, or sell their overdue debts to a debt collector. The debt collector then begins the process of
It might sound futuristic and technologically advanced, but human physiological or behavioral characteristics can be used to identify a specific person. These unique characteristics are known as biometrics. Some biometrics that you might be readily familiar with are fingerprint scanning, facial recognition, voice recognition, or
Debt collectors are notorious for having bad manners and trying to take advantage of distressed consumers. But some debt collectors are so unscrupulous that they would even try to collect on debts that they know are unenforceable, not real or too old. When a debt
When a person with an alleged outstanding consumer debt is sued by a creditor or debt collector in New York, the consumer, or party that is being sued, will have many questions about what will happen during the case. One of the most frequently asked
When dealing with class action lawsuits, people who are part of the class that is affected by the litigation are required to stay in the class or opt-out of the class. As a general rule, consumer class actions begin as opt-out cases, meaning that once
