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Pennsylvania Commercial Debt Collection Laws Explained

Leave a Comment / Debt Collection / By admin / May 5, 2020

Companies and businesses with non-paying customers should take pro-active steps to compel payment. Reducing accounts receivables and eliminating payment defaults increases a company’s cash flow and overall financial health. Companies should hire a debt collection lawyer to assist with debt collections. Debt collection lawyers can advise companies on Pennsylvania commercial debt collection laws and implement …

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How Do Debt Collection Lawyers Discover A Debtor’s Assets?

Leave a Comment / Debt Collection / By admin / December 14, 2019

Debt collection lawyers have a big advantage over debt collection agencies in their ability to collect outstanding debts. Lawyers can sue the debtors and obtain a money judgment. Once a judgment is obtained, the debtor has two choices: 1) pay the amount of the judgment or ; 2) do nothing. If the debtor does nothing, …

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Confession Of Judgment Under Pennsylvania Law

Leave a Comment / Debt Collection / By admin / November 7, 2019

A confession of judgment is a contract clause, usually bargained for by a landlord or creditor, that allows the landlord or creditor to obtain an expedited judgment against the other party. A confession of judgment can help an aggrieved party to a contract obtain a judgment against the other party without the cost and delay …

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3 Ways a Debt Collection Attorney Is More Effective than a Collection Agency

Leave a Comment / Debt Collection / By Jason Martin / April 3, 2018

Few things are more infuriating and anxiety-inducing for individuals and businesses than debtors who will not respond to your efforts to collect the money that is rightfully yours. Whether you are collecting on an outstanding bill, a court judgment, or some other financial obligation, obtaining the money you are owed is a necessary but often …

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Debt Collection Strategy: The Demand Letter

Leave a Comment / Debt Collection / By Jason Martin / October 31, 2016

If someone owes you or your business money such as a supplier, customer, or even an associate or friend it is necessary to take prompt action. Regardless of whether the debtor is disputing the need to pay or claiming to not have the funds, you now have a problem because doing nothing is not an …

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How the Proposed CFPB Debt Collection Rules Could Affect You

Leave a Comment / Debt Collection / By Jason Martin / August 9, 2016

Debt collection practices have come under the spotlight in recent years as complaints regarding the activities of less scrupulous debt collection agencies have poured into the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a federal bureau created in the wake of the financial crisis. As we all know, the practices of some debt collection agencies have damaged …

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Jason Martin discusses pennylvania judgment laws and how you can collect a judgment in pa

How To Collect A Pennyslvania Judgment

Debt Collection / By admin / March 30, 2016

This is an all too common scenario: someone owes you money, you sue them in court, the court awards you a money judgment, and the debtor still refuses to pay. There is a saying that you cannot get blood from a stone. This means that in some situations, collecting and enforcing a judgment will not …

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How To Collect Judgments Across State Lines

Leave a Comment / Debt Collection / By Jason Martin / December 21, 2015

Trying to collect a debt can be frustrating. When demand letters and phone calls fail to solicit a response from the debtor, creditors who want to get paid must obtain a money judgment against the debtor. A money judgment can be obtained after a lawsuit is filed and either a default judgment is entered or …

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Choosing a Collection Agency or Debt Collection Attorney

Leave a Comment / Debt Collection / By Jason Martin / December 8, 2014

Collecting funds due from an unpaid loan or unpaid account can be a difficult process. Whether it is a personal loan or a business-related debt, you may be asking yourself what should I do and how far should I go in trying to collect? When Individuals and businesses have given up on their own attempts …

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Supreme Court Decides Important PA Mechanics Lien Appeal

Leave a Comment / Debt Collection / By Jason Martin / October 20, 2014

In a prior blog article, we analyzed the Pennsylvania Superior Court case of Shafer Electric & Construction v. Raymond Mantia, et al. In this case, the Pennsylvania Superior Court overturned a lower court decision that allowed a contractor to proceed with a Mechanics’ Lien claim, even though the underlying contract for the construction job was …

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Pennsylvania Commercial Debt Collection Laws Explained

How Do Debt Collection Lawyers Discover A Debtor’s Assets?

Confession Of Judgment Under Pennsylvania Law

3 Ways a Debt Collection Attorney Is More Effective than a Collection Agency

Debt Collection Strategy: The Demand Letter

How the Proposed CFPB Debt Collection Rules Could Affect You

How To Collect A Pennyslvania Judgment

How To Collect Judgments Across State Lines

Choosing a Collection Agency or Debt Collection Attorney

Supreme Court Decides Important PA Mechanics Lien Appeal

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