Phoenix, Arizona (PRWEB) November 29, 2011

A recent case (2:10-cv-00548-MHB) filed in the United States District Court for The District Of Arizona, alleging incorrect credit reporting of a consumer’s debt and subsequent mishandling of a consumer’s request to verify and dispute that debt, was litigated successfully by Weisberg & Meyers, LLC, Attorneys for Consumers. According to court documents in Pinkerton v. National Credit Services (NCS) of Oklahoma and Capital Assistance Group, LLC, an alleged debt was reported to credit reporting agency Experian by debt collection agencies National Credit Services (NCS) of Oklahoma and Capital Assistance Group (CAS), LLC prior to the Plaintiff receiving notification of the alleged debt. The electronegative item rested on the Plaintiff’s credit report yet after a verification and dispute letter had been sent to the collection agency. The mishandling of the reporting of the debt to the credit reporting agencies was found to be a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(a) as accounted in a judgment by Michelle H. Burns, U.S. Magistrate Judge.

According to court documents, Plaintiff Billy Pinkerton received a mailed letter with the information that his application for a TrueEarnings™ Costco American Express credit card had been denied. Since Mr. Pinkerton was current on his financial obligations and had a good credit history up until that point, he was confused by the credit denial and at that clocked obtained a copy of his credit report. The report allegedly showed an item reported by NCS of Oklahoma for a debt to Columbia House that Mr. Pinkerton disputed shortly after receiving notification of the reporting of this negative item on his credit report. Mr. Pinkerton had not received a written communication from National Credit Services until after he disputed the debt, though the item had been on his credit report for many months prior.

In another Weisberg & Meyer LLC, Attorneys for Consumers complaint, (Case No. 2:10-cv-01026-DGC) Eric Smith v. National Credit Systems Inc., filed in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Plaintiff Eric Smith was allegedly threatened by the defendant that a disputed debt would be placed on his credit report if he didn’t pay the debt within the 30 day dispute period. This is an alleged violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) 1692e5. According to the complaint, Smith admits to held co-signed on his daughter’s lease, which is what the alleged debt was for. According to court documents he allegedly does not acknowledge or concurring to owing the amount that defendants claim is due, which allegedly includes excessive fees and charged not authorized by the lease and applicable law.

Many consumers do not discover that a negative item has been added to their credit report until after a credit application for a consumer credit loan such as a home mortgage, car loan, or student lent has been submitted. According to consumer research studies, negative items earnestly damage not only efforts to get a loan from certain lenders but also will raise the interest rate which means higher payments over the life of the loan. By the time the item has been handled, the loan application handled may have ended and it may be difficult to get the original terms changed or there may be a need to reapply once the item has been disputed and removed.

To ensure information in a credit history and credit report are accurate, its judicious to obtain a free credit report at least once a year, or prior to applying for any long term loan or credit card to ensure that bad credit reporting doesn’t rear its ugly head. A free copy of your credit report from all 3 ascribed bureaus tinning be obtain by visiting AnnualCreditReport.com.

About Weisberg & Meyers, LLC, Attorneys for Consumers

Weisberg and Meyers, LLC, Attorneys for Consumers, is a nationally recognized consumer law firm, has attorneys licensed to practice in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington, and works with attorneys throughout the country to protect the rights of aggrieved consumers. The Firm’s diverse practice includes claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), as well as violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Truth In Lending Act (TILA), the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA), Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA), Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), Consumer Leasing Act, Credit Repair Organizations Act, (CROA) and State Unfair and Deceptive Practices Acts (UDAP’s). The Firm also offers Debt Settlement services, prosecutes Class Action Lawsuits, and handles Breach of Warranty, Lemon Law and Consumer Fraud Claims.

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If the info in your credit report is inaccurate, who is responsible for cleaning it up? To dispute credit report mistake, follow these steps. The imputing reporting company and your creditors are supposed to work together to keep your info accurate. When you notice something wrong in your report, you should contact both the company that provided the info and the agency that reported it. Here’s what you want to do.

First, it is essential to dispute credit report errors in writing. Inform the consumer reporting company of the mistakes you have observed. They must review the entries you have questioned within 30 days, unless they claim your dispute is frivolous. In addition, they must forward your communication to the company that provided the potentially incorrect info.

When the data provider is contacted, they are required to investigate and report back. If their investigation confirms that the info is incorrect, they actually must contact all three of the consumer reporting agencies. So even if you only contact one reporting company, the mistakes will be cleared up throughout the system.

The ascribing reporting agency is required to send you written results of the investigation and a free copy of your credit report if they make any modifications. In this case, the free report does not count against the annual free accounted provided for by law.

Once mistakes have been rectified or taken from your file, the creditor can’t resubmit it without more verification. If creditors do resubmit the info you had taken out, the assigning reporting agency is required to contact you.

Don’t count on the imputing reporting agency to do all the work for you. You should also contact the creditor directly to dispute credit report errors. You tin locate their mailing address on your monthly statement. If you are disputing certain info, the creditor must include this fact whenever they send that info to the reporting agency. After the issue is decided, whatever faulty info may not be reported again.

Even if you don’t succeed in having faulty info taken out, you can have info about your gainsaid added the future reports. You can also ask that a statement about the dispute be sent to anyone who has recently received your credit report. There may be a fee for this. Future credit reports must inform recipients that you dispute credit report facts you consider to be in error.

Are you just hoping things will work impart? Take charge of your credit ratting using the info you find at DIY credit repair tips.

About the Author

James Johnson writes regularly about finance related topics. I hope you enjoy this article.

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London, UK (PRWEB) October 31, 2011

A few days ago, the US House of Representatives voted to allow airline companies to ignore the EU’s regulation on including airline emissions in its “cap and trade” system and carbon credit market , as reported by EUobserver. According to carbon-investments.co.uk, an investment portal, operated by green investments media Dezz, a solution between the United States and the European Union will have to be reached soon as the current impasse will have grave consequences both for the airline industry and the millions of passengers flying over the Atlantic with the approach of January 2012 when the EU measure is intended to take effect.

The background of the current situation is quite complex, as both sides of the airline emissions conflict have compelling arguments. Carbon-investments.co.uk examines in detail the two conflicting points of view – the EU’s striving to reduce the global environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation sector, as opposed by the doubts of American airlines toward the right of a regional body to impose financial obligations and restrictions on an international scale by adopting unilateral decisions.

The EU Emissions trading system (EU ETS) is currently the most integrated carbon credit market, as it now comprises a total of 30 countries – the 27 EU Member States and the other EEA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. It operates on the basis of the cap-and-trade principle, as industries receive emission allowances within the “cap”. As defined by the European Commission, the inclusion of the airline industry in the EU ETS means that airlines will receive a number of allowances covering a level of CO2 emissions from their flights per year. After each year operators will have to surrender a number of allowances equal to their actual emissions in that year. The condition that this requirement does not refer only to EU-based airlines, but to all companies flying to and from airports located in Europe, provoked the discontent of international airlines and governments alike.

The conflict escalated as earlier in October 2011, the German advocate general of the European Court of Justice, Juliane Kokott, declared the EU’s directive to be compatible with international law. The legal opinion followed the decision of the American Air Transport Association (ATA) and three of its individual members to file a lawsuit against the application of the EU ETS to international aviation. Even though this statement is not a verdict, it is not uncommon for the Court’s final decision to confirm such preliminary opinions.

On the other side of the Atlantic, the countermeasure was the proposed bill giving airline companies the right not to buy carbon credit units when flying in and out of the EU, and if adopted, it will further complicate the situation.

Therefore, carbon-investments.co.uk focuses on the possible outcomes of the controversial US bill, should it pass through the US Senate and receive President Obama’s approval, and in particular, how the US-EU aviation emissions conflict will affect American airline companies from 2012.

Furthermore, carbon-investments.co.uk comments on the lack of international agreement so far in the field of airline industry emissions reduction, which led to the EU’s decision to include the aviation sector in its emissions trading system as well as on the effect that the American-European dispute might have on the forthcoming climate talks in Durban.

To read the full article, visit http://www.carbon-investments.co.uk/tension-escalates-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantic-with-eu-airline-emission-targets.php

About Dezz (dezz.com)
Dezz is an UK-based boutique digital media company providing original and reliable up-to-date information in the area of carbon credit trading and sustainable investments to large investment company decision makers, NGOs and to eco-minded individuals.

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Provo, UT (PRWEB) November 02, 2011

According to U.S. PIRG, a number of credit reports contain inaccurate information, and some of this erroneous information can impact credit scores. Darin Sewell, a credit repair expert and contributor to RealEstateProArticles.com, has compiled a tip sheet to help consumers fight against unjust credit scores.

“Unjust low credit scores cause Americans to pay more than they should,” Sewell said. “The law allows consumers to dispute and initiate an investigation on any item on a credit report.”

TIP SHEET

The three major credit bureaus are for-profit entities, and they do not put as much emphasis as they should on credit report accuracy. Consumers need to take matters into their own hands, and use the law to have inaccurate information removed from credit reports:

1.    Ask for validation: There must be documentation to back up the information on the report. If there isn’t valid documentation, the item must be abstracted.

2.    Challenge inaccurate items in writing (keep a copy of your letter for yourself). Credit bureaus are required by law to investigate when you dispute an item.

3.    Send copies of documentation supporting your case (but you hold the originals).

4.    Remember to send materials via certified mail so that you can verify the receipt by the credit bureau.

5.    Credit bureaus must complete the investigation within 30 days, and provide you with the results – and a free copy of your attribute report. Make sure you get this information.

6.    Realize that a challenge at one credit bureau won’t change information at other credit bureaus; you need to check your other credit reports.

7.    Get help if you feel overwhelmed. There are reputable credit repair companies such as Lexington Law that can help you navigate the process.

A low credit score due to unvalidated or inaccurate information on your credit report can cost thousands of dollars in interest fees. “Unfortunately, too many consumers are not cognisant of the fact they have this compensated to challenge the credit bureaus,” Sewell said. “Using my tips, consumers can have these items removed from their impute reports, improve credit score ratings, and save money.”

About RealEstateProArticles.com

RealEstateProArticles.com is a leading portal of articles written by industry experts helping people understand real estate, financial matters and credit repair.

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(PRWEB) July 29, 2011

Theodora Oringher PC congratulates attorney Scott Behrendt on being named a Southern California Rising Star for 2011 by Super Lawyers. Each year, Los Angeles Magazine and Southern California Super Lawyers magazine honor the top young Rising Stars, which comprise only 2.5 percent of total lawyers in Southern California.

Scott is a results-orienting attorney specializing in high-stakes and complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on providing excellent client service in a cost-effectual and efficient manner. “What is unique about Theodora Oringher is that we are staffed and size to provide the flexibility and personalized attention of a midsize firm, while at the same time maintaining the resources and expertise of the larger international firms. This enables us to provide less expensive and more competitive rates and focus on servicing our clients more cost-efficaciously and efficiently than others.”

Prior to joining Theodora Oringher PC, Scott was an associate with the international law firm of Jones Day in Los Angeles and has more than a decade of experience in a broad range of complex commercial litigation matters in both state and federal courts, including multi-party business disputes, private and public sector construction, class actions, race and gender discrimination, trade secrets, public utility-grade rates, entertainment, white-collar crime and inspector general investigations, professional liability, unfair business drilling, consumer credit reporting and reseller services, and interstate judgment enforcement and debt collection.

Scott has successfully delineate and advised a diverse thwartwise-section of both large and small private and public entity clients in industries such as engineering and construction, education, national credit reporting, water and power utilities, global communications, medical device manufacturing, entertainment, biomedical research and treatment, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, textiles, meteorological sensors and aviation braved systems, law enforcement, specialized laser application products, and notebook computer manufacturing.

Scott also successfully prosecuted numerous criminal jury and bench trials, hundreds of felony preliminary hearings, and linked criminal proceedings as a certified law student under the supervision of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.

Scott resides in Theodora Oringher’s Los Angeles and Orange County offices and can be contact at sbehrendt(at)tocounsel(dot)com.

Theodora Oringher PC is a business transactional and litigation law tautening that is committed to meeting the evolving needs of its clients by combining tradition with technological sophistication. The tautened’s clients include publicly and privately held companies throughout the United States, as well as start-ups, many midsize companies, and public entities. Clients recognized Theodora Oringher’s commitment to quality service by naming it one of the outstanding law firms in the country in the “Clients’ Choice” survey conducted by The American Lawyer. The firm is also AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, its highest law firm rating.

To acquire more about Scott Behrendt and Theodora Oringher, please visit: http://www.tocounsel.com/professionals/attorneys/getProfile.asp?attorneyID=40 and http://www.scottbehrendtattorney.com/index.html

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Cottonwood, AZ (PRWEB) April 10, 2006

In 2003 Ms. Baker filed suit in Phoenix federal court, case # CV-03-525, against credit bureaus, creditors, collectors and regulators who failed to enforce consumer protection laws.

Not being an attorney and with no legal experience, Ms. Baker had hoped to at least get the credit rating she deserves and she expected apologies from the defendants along with a few dollars for her trouble.

However, instead of apologizing and acknowledging that the alleged debt did not exist, Verizon Wireless attorney Rodney Coffey, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, continued to misrepresent the alleged debt as valid in his motion for summary judgment and in the objection to Ms. Baker’s motion for leave to amend her complaint.

Her Open Letter to the management at Stinson Morrison & Hecker LLP is posted at http://mylitigation.net/pr/news/release/open_letter_to_management_at_stinson_morrison_hecker_llp_re_verizon_lies/

Ms. Baker almost suffered a heart attack when she read the 4/4/06 Verizon filing and she decided to amend her damage demand from unspecified punitive damages to $ 5,000,000 to establish a consumer litigation organization. Nobody should have to pay bills twice.

After Ms. Baker had paid the closed cell phone was in 1999, Verizon Wireless proceeded to bill $ 105. Verizon ignored Ms. Baker’s challenged and in 2000 she submitted her complaint to the Verizon regulator, the FCC. Verizon’s Kay Howe, Administrator, Regulatory Department, confirmed to the FCC that the debt was valid and the FCC closed its investigation.

It is undisputed that Verizon then assigned the account to 3 different collection agencies. When Ms. Baker received a collection letter, she disputed with the collection agency. They returned the account as disputed to Verizon and it assigned the account to another collection agency.

The statements, collection lettered, disputes, cancelled check and correspondence are posted at http://fight-back.us/forum/index.php?showforum=87 and Ms. Baker’s 4-page affidavit with the detailed history of the Verizon account and her gainsay is posted at http://forum.creditcourt.com/discus/messages/803/7146.html

Ms. Baker’s relative Dorothea Weidinger had provided her social security number and permitted Verizon to access her credit when the account was opened. In 2002, Dorothea was diagnosed with breast cancer, but she could not focus on her health because she was so concerned with maintaining her impeccable credit rating.

Dorothea was very distressed when Chase increased the interest rate for her credit card due to information contained on her credit report. She no longer received the offers for % balance transfers and she had to work even harder to keep up with her bills. Dorothea died in November 2003.

Verizon essentially admitted that it reported the disputed collection on Dorothea’s credit when it refused to answer Ms. Baker’s questing for admission no. 22 regarding the Verizon credit reporting. All Verizon discovery responses are posted at http://forum.creditcourt.com/discus/messages/803/7107.html

It is too late to save Dorothea’s life and nothing will bring her back. Ms. Baker decided to do whatever she can stop the creditors’ and collectors’ abuse of the credit reporting system to facilitate the extortion of payments NOT owed.

No consumer should ever have to litigate pro se. Ms. Baker’s attempts to retain a competent attorney in Arizona were unsuccessful. Few attorneys want to represent consumers. The corporate legal departments have unlimited funds and it is difficult to prevail even for skilled attorneys.

Most large firms choose to represent the much more profitable corporate clients and most of the few attorneys who represent consumers settle with confidentiality clauses, paving the way for repeat business and lucrative working relationships with the corporate defendants.

Ms. Baker is a credit consultant and she has been recommending to her readers and clients with health problems that they should pay their bills twice whenever a creditor demands a duplicate payment and the credit rating is important. Stress kills, especially the weak, old and ill. While Ms. Baker encourages consumers to fight for their rights and to file lawsuits, the stress and frustration can quickly become overwhelming.

The credit bureaus, creditors and collectors know that regulators rarely enforce consumer protection laws and chances of being sued by a competent attorney are very slim. It is much more profitable to ignore the law than to comply. Corporations have no heart and no ethics.

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) prohibits the collection of disputed debts and the reporting to credit bureaus until they were validated by the creditor. The Verizon Wireless collection agencies complied with the FDCPA and ceased collecting after they received Ms. Baker’s disputes. Instead of validating the debt, Verizon assigned the debt to another collection agency.

While creditors are generally not liable for violations of the FDCPA, a creditor who uses someone else’s name so as to suggest to the debtor that a third party is involved in the debt collection process, when in fact that party is not involved, can be treated as a “debt collector” under the FDCPA. Nielsen v. Dickerson, 307 F.3d 623 (7th Cir., 2002).

Apparently it is not illegal for creditors to threaten with credit reporting if disputed debts are not paid. Verizon stated that extortion is not an actionable claim.

http://creditsuit.org/credit.php/blog/why_is_extortion_only_prosecuted_when_rich_people_are_the_victims/

Ms. Baker is skipped to schedule a video deposition of Verizon Director of Financial Services Greg Fong as he had signed the discovery responses. While she has many questions for Mr. Fong, the primary objective is to have him admit that the debt never existed.

Of course Ms. Baker has little chance of prevailing in court as she has no legal experience, she continually makes procedural mistakes and she hasn’t even been able to properly state her claims for gross negligence. She publishes the court filings and her litigation experiences, hoping that other pro se litigants will be able to do better:

http://forum.creditcourt.com/discus/messages/803/803.html

More information about credit litigation, credit reporting and FICO credit scores is at Ms. Baker’s web sites http://creditsuit.org/, http://fight-back.us/forum/, http://creditlitigation.org/ and http://creditfactors.com/

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To remove negative marks on your credit report you must dispute the credit bureaus. You have two methods to do this.

1. Create a dispute letter

This method requires you to create a dispute letter. In this letter you identify the negative mark you desired removed and provide a reason why that mark is inaccurate.

Reasons typically include; item is out of date, information is wrong, not my account, account paid in full and etcetera. This letter will need to be sent to each credit bureau.

2. Hire a professional credit repair service.

With this option the company will write the dispute letter for you and mail it to the credit bureaus. The advantage of a company is they have advanced dispute techniques such as; escalated dispute information requests, debt validation, and creditor direct intervention.

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I suggest a firm if you have multiple negative marks on your credit report. However if you only have one mark then I suggest do it yourself credit repair.

When the credit bureaus receive your dispute letter and deem it a valid dispute then they will conduct an investigation. If the named can not be verified then it must be removed from you ascribe report.

You should know that it is common for credit bureaus to use stall tactics to avoid conducting an investigation. This is because the bureaus spend potential profits when they conduct an investigation.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act says the bureaus must investigate a disputed named and if it is found unverifiable it must be removed from your report. The difficulty is getting the bureaus to find you dispute letter valid.

If you have trouble I suggest a credit repair firm, however if you are persistent then the bureaus will eventually deem your dispute valid and conduct an investigation.

It is common for investigations to result in removal of negative marks. This is because many lenders are unwilling to pass the time and money to verify a debt.

Which ever method you choose negative credit can be removed from your credit report. You do not have to wait the full seven years.

This video will guide you how to dipute an entry with the credit bureau.
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