Attorney Michael Forbes In the News

• Attorney Forbes commenting on the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: "What the CFPB Should Do About Debt Collectors", by Gerri Detweiler
• Debtor wins 1.7 million dollars in civil case against debt collector http://www.wfaa.com/news/consumer/Vulgar-voicemails-force-debt-collector-to-pay-15M-95163714.html
• This is an interesting article about how some lawyers would like to keep debt collection cases out of court.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/us/23sfdebt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
• This concerns some of the most notorious debt collectors in New York, implementing tactics that are illegal and are used throughout the country. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxV5_bRcISM
• This concerns the same type of phone calls and tactics in New York that can occur anywhere
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ0CVHz4zS4
  Don't be a victim. Yet another example of horrible and frightening tactics used by debt collectors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjz4sdPlwUQ