The Best Defense is a Good Offense
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act - 2011
Debt Buyer and Collection Litigation 2012
Portfolio Acquisitions v. Feltman - Brief
Court should get to test-drive claim over credit report
Debt collection - attorney fees
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
December 1999 / Banks Which Have Financed "Payday Loan" and "Title Loan" Operators
Comments of the Illinois Consumer Justice Council, Inc
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
April 1996 / Current Trends in Residential Mortgage Litigation
August 2001 / Indiana Supreme Court Deals Blow to Payday Lenders
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:
Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance
National Association of Consumer Attorneys
Illinois Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
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)
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Federal Court, Dirksen Building)
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
American Bar Association Guide to Finding Legal Help
