NY AG Cuomo settles with LHR for only $150,000

Posted on July 27th, 2010 by Christine

They SHOULD have shut down LHR — one of the nastiest outfits.   They ALMOST became the subject of another public regulatory complaint for a client: LHR refusal to validate ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO SETTLES WITH BUFFALO DEBT COLLECTION COMPANY THAT HARASSED AND INTIMIDATED CONSUMERS LHR violated state and federal debt collection laws; must reform practices, pay [...]

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CONSUMER FDCPA attorney Thomas Lyons disbarred in Minnesota

Posted on July 2nd, 2010 by Christine

This is truly INCREDIBLE.  While collectors and their attorneys routinely LIE to consumers AND to the courts, consumer attorney Lyons was suspended by the MN Bar for failing to disclose his client’s death during settlement negotiations. So what? Was his client hurt?  Was the client’s estate hurt? Compare that to Capital One’s attorneys LYING to [...]

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