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Fair Debt Collection Practices Act - 2009

Defense of Debt Buyer and other Collection Cases 2010

Portfolio Acquisitions v. Feltman - Brief

Mortgage Foreclosure 2008

Collection Defense Debt Buyer

Illinois Consumer Law

Adams' Story

Court should get to test-drive claim over credit report

Debt collection - attorney fees

Zombie Debt Collection

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 2004

Fed up with junk faxes, some are sending back lawsuits

Truth in Lending litigation in Massachusetts

Payday Lenders Agree to Forgive Debt, Pay Refunds in Indiana

Defense of Mortgage Foreclosures

Schlosser v. Fairbanks Capital Corp. Brief of Appellee

Schlosser v. Fairbanks Capital Corp. Reply Brief of Appellants

Schlosser v. Fairbanks Capital Corp. Brief of Appellant

Two payday lenders agree to forgive debt, pay refunds in Indiana

Payday loan firms eye new ways to profit

Predatory Lending Litigation in Illinois

Payday Lenders Sued By Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC

Feb 2000 / Rollovers

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Update

December 1999 / Banks Which Have Financed "Payday Loan" and "Title Loan" Operators

Comments of the Illinois Consumer Justice Council, Inc

August 1999 / Edelman, Combs & Latturner Sues Payday Lender For Issuing "Police Warrent" Collection Letters

Prepared Testimony of Daniel A. Edelman Regarding Payday and Title Loans

May 1999 / Payday Loans Under Scrutiny

June 1999 / Edelman & Combs Sues Payday Lenders

July 1999 / Edelman, Combs & Latturner Sues More High-Interest Lenders

Jan 2000 / Accord Tossed: Class Members Got Nothing

April 1996 / Current Trends in Residential Mortgage Litigation

August 2001 / Indiana Supreme Court Deals Blow to Payday Lenders

Sep 1999 / Edelman, Combs & Latturner Sues Payday Lender For Issuing "Attorney General" Collection Letters

Oct 1999 / Another High-interest Lender

May 2000 / Post-dated Checks May Secure High-cost Loans

March 2000 / More Indiana Payday Lenders Sued



The following organizations provide useful information and assistance to consumers:

Prarie State Legal Services

Administer Justice

Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance

Illinois Legal Aid Online

National Association of Consumer Attorneys

National Consumer Law Center

Federal Trade Commission

Illinois Attorney General Consumer Protection Division

Cook County State’s Attorney Consumer Fraud Division

Metropolitan Tenants Organization

Lawyer’s Committee for Better Housing

Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago

CARPLS: 1-800-738-9200  CARPLS has a hotline and advice desks at the Richard J. Daley Center, and provides advice to people who are being sued or wish to file a small claims case.

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Daley Center) 
(If you are being sued in a collection, foreclosure or eviction case, you can look up information about the status of the case at this site.)

18th Judicial Circuit Court Web Site (DuPage County): individuals being sued in DuPage County can also use the following site to locate information about their case.

19th Judicial Circuit Court Web Site (Lake County)

Will County Circuit Court

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Federal Court, Dirksen Building)

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Illinois Supreme Court

American Bar Association Guide to Finding Legal Help

Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office

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