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As a collection law attorney representing credit card companies, banks, hospitals, landlords and others trying to wrest payments from debtors, Ron Forster and his brethren are often on the receiving end of angry consumers. We're viewed a little lower than used car salesmen," Forster said.
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for renewal for the collection of information titled ``Law and Order on Indian Reservations--Marriage & Dissolution Applications.'' The information collection is currently authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0094, which expires December 31, 2011.
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A man who sued debt collection law firm Kramer & Frank convinced a federal jury that the firm violated federal law, and he was awarded $1,000. That's the maximum allowed in statutory damages.
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This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0034, abstracted below to OMB for review and approval of an extension of the currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. TSA published a Federal Register notice, with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments, of the following collection of information on August 10, 2011, 76 FR 49504. The collection involves TSA gathering information from Territorial, Tribal, Federal, municipal, county, state, and authorized railroad law enforcement agencies who have requested the Law Enforcement Officer (...
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BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Some Vermont defense attorneys are challenging the expansion of state law that allows DNA samples to be taken from more criminal suspects and the issue is likely to end up before the state Supreme Court. Defense attorneys across the state are claiming that requiring more people to submit DNA samples, even when they haven't been convicted of crimes, raises privacy issues.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn't prohibit the government from collecting a DNA sample from a defendant arrested for a drug offense, the en banc 3rd Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment. Section 14135a of the federal DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act (the DNA Act) authorizes the government's collection of DNA samples from "individuals who are arrested, facing charges, or convicted.
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Tulsa filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the state and the Oklahoma Tax Commission, targeting House Bill 2359, which orders municipalities to use the commission for sales tax collection services. Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett, joined by city officials from eight regional cities plus Tulsa County Commissioner Karen Keith, announced the lawsuit during a news conference at Tulsa City Hall. The law prohibits municipalities from either collecting their own sales taxes or contracting with a third party for collections.
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- U.S. Supreme Court Take Up Fair Debt Case: Does Lawyer's Mistake Amount to Collection Law Violation?
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide whether an attorney's misunderstanding of the law qualifies for the bona fide error defense under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The case Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich, began when a law firm representing a mortgage company, served Karen J. Jerman with a foreclosure complaint and a notice informing her of her legal rights.
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Wednesday's topic was the state's new DNA collection law, but Gov. Martin O'Malley began his remarks at the University of Baltimore School of Law by noting it was the 173rd anniversary of Abraham Lincoln receiving his law license. A member of the standing-room-only audience later pointed out that the Great Emancipator valued individual liberties.
