Personal Guarantees – Caveat Venditor

In today's world where honor is a thing of the past, nobody cares if they get a summons slapped on their door anymore. What follows is a true case.

You sue a company that did business with you since before the son took over, you knew the father but now the son is a deadbeat liar and after you sue their firm their answer is you did not do business with them you did business with a third party (whose check they used to pay the only money you ever saw -- the down payment of $25,000). Read More

How to Stop a Collection Agency from Calling You — Ever Again

www.creditresolution.com Now this technique actually works when you want to force an agency to stop calling to collect any bill. Your request is above board if you are either disputing the obligation the other side claims you owe; or you state you cannot pay due to health, job loss, ill relative you are caring for. Naturally this technique while legal and fair, should really be used only when you are really in trouble. Remember you can always cry poverty and make a ridiculously lowball off .....

Does Using a Collection Agency for Delinquent Receivables Make Good Business Sense?

As in any other business arrangement, the most important thing is not the agreement but who executes (signs) it. However when it comes to collection agencies that specialize in commercial disputes, business to business or business to individual doing business or guaranteeing a business loan to a third party lender. Now you may think why involve a collection agency when you could use your attorney, the one you know from school or somebody that did your house closing or maybe even your divorce. .....

The Law has Made America the Land of the FREE – as in buy now PAY NEVER

Today life is much different than when this nation was born. Back then if you lived as a deadbeat you could expect to end up in jail, a pillory or tar and feathered. Nowadays you can expect to rob as many companies as you wish and get away with most of it. Lamentably the handshake or one's word has ceased to mean what it used to. On top of all this laws protect the dishonest, there are laws on the books that certain agreements when signed without the review of counsel (your lawyer) may be rescin .....

Small Claims Courts Need to Increase Claim Amount to 10,000 Dollars

Many Small Claims courts in the United States allow you to sue up to five thousand dollar maximum amount of claim. Is it time to consider increasing the ceiling to ten thousand dollars given the fact that ten thousand dollars is not what it was years ago when the five thousand dollar limit was set? Business claims should be sped through the courts instead of dragging small business people to court hearings and forcing small businesses to hire lawyers to deal with what for the most part are cu .....