Florida State Attorney General Bill McCollum recently filed two lawsuits against Texas-based Credit Solutions of America, Inc. (CSA) and Clearwater-based ADA of Tampa Bay, Inc., which does business as American Debt Arbitration. The lawsuit against ADA also names the company’s principal Glenn P. Stewart, as well as Arizona-based entities Nationwide Asset Services, Inc., Service Star, LLC, and Universal Debt Reduction, LLC.
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Florida State Attorney General Files Suit Against Debt Settlement Firms
October 20th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Credit Cards, Debt Settlement, Legal Stuff
Tags: American Debt Arbitration·consumers·Credit Solutions of America·debt negotiation·Debt Settlement·Florida·lawsuit·State Attorney General
Documentation and Organization Are Keys To Credit Repair Success
September 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Credit Repair, Debt Settlement, Identity Theft, Legal Stuff, Mortgages
Ever tried to return an item but didn’t have a receipt? Tried to prove you made a payment on a bill when your credit card company said otherwise? Tried to get a mortgage? Gone through an IRS audit? How about repairing your credit? The tip to success in all these situations [...]
Tags: agreements·certified mail return receipt requested·credit bureau·Credit Repair·CRRR·Debt Settlement·dispute letters·documentation·Mortgage·organization·progress·receipts·success
Lawsuits Against Creditors Reach Record Levels
August 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Consumer Debt, I'm suing those guys!, Legal Stuff, Mortgages
As of July 31, 2009, 5039 credit and debt related lawsuits across the USA haved been filed. In 2008, breaking the 5000 level took until October. The basis of these lawsuits were violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and Fair Debt Collections Practices Act FDCPA. The number includes lawsuits filed consumers [...]
Tags: Attorney General's office·collection·Consumer Law·consumer lawsuits·Daniel A. Edelman·FCRA·FDCPA·Late Pays·litigants·violations
FICO.com suing “Big 3″ Credit Bureaus for Trademark Infringement
August 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Credit Bureaus and Scores, Legal Stuff
In what looks to be a battle of Goliaths, Fair Issac’s FICO.com brought suit against Experian, TransUnion, Equifax and VantageScore for trademark infringement, anti-trust unfair competition, passing-off claims and false advertising.
Recently, United States District Court in Minneapolis dismissed the antitrust and false advertising claims asserted by FICO against Experian, Trans Union, Equifax and [...]
Tags: anti-trust·Equifa·Expxerian·Fair Isaac·FICO·lawsuit·press release·trademark infringement·transunion·unfair comepetition
