Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week related to law practice management, law technology, and legal marketing. Enjoy!
Florida Debt Collection Law: To Collect a Debt or Take a Loss …That is the $Question$
The economy tanked several years ago. There is no way to sugar coat this. A lot of customers, income and sales were lost. And with bad business came bad debts. Often the bad debts had to be ignored as the more pressing problem was operating expenses, rent and payroll.
For those that survived, efficiency and automation were the key to survival. We now see tighter budgets, virtual employees, virtual offices, online stores, outsourcing and streamlined workflows. There are less workers doing more work while wearing more hats. As a consequence, business is stable and growing.
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Florida Debt Collection Law: Debt collectors target the elderly
For succeeding generations, retirement has been the time when older Americans reaped the benefits of their years in the workplace. Oftentimes at ceremonies, workers would receive a gold watch – a symbol of their entry into retirement and an era of “golden years.”
Today, few if any count on getting a gold watch. And what should have been the proverbial golden years are often tarnished by a struggle to keep pace with rising costs of living. These financial challenges are often worsened by aggressive debt collectors who hound older Americans about debts they may not even owe.
Sometimes, these collectors threaten to garnish their limited benefits.
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Florida Legal News: Undocumented immigrant to practice law in Florida
It’s never easy to become a lawyer.
But it was a different dimension of difficult for José Godinez-Samperio, whose quest to practice law in Florida took him not only through law school but also through the state Supreme Court and the Legislature.
Godinez-Samperio was sworn into the Florida Bar last week after lawmakers rewrote state law to allow an undocumented immigrant to practice law in the state.
“It was so incredible,” Godinez-Samperio said after taking the oath of admission at a Hispanic Bar Association gala in Tampa. “Everybody was there from so many parts of my life.”
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Florida Collection Law: Top consumer outrage? Debt collection for medical, other bills
Debt collection is the nation’s No. 1 complaint by consumers, a federal financial agency says — and hounding about medical debt is a big piece of the story.
A new report says consumers complain that their medical bills are often inaccurate or still unresolved with insurers, yet many say debt collectors resort to profanity or derogatory names such as “deadbeat,” “liar” or “fraud.”
One woman said a collector tried to get her to pay the medical bills of her late husband: “After my crying through the whole conversation, he offered for me to pay (three quarters of the balance due) on the doctors’ bills of my husband. No one told me I was not responsible for the debt.”
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Thank you for reading (and sharing). Stay tuned for next week’s weekly review for Law Practice Tips!
