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WebRecon to Scrub Every Collection Database Industry-Wide for Free

Grand Rapids, MI (October 23, 2009) – They’re giving it all away, for free.

In an effort to combat the exploding number of FDCPA lawsuits plaguing American collection agencies, law firms and debt buyers, WebRecon LLC has announced an offer to scrub every collection firm’s consumer database, free of charge and with no further commitment or obligation. The offer covers each firm’s entire database, or up to 5 million consumers per company.

“Nearly 1000 new litigants are emerging every month, and 2009 is on track for a 40% spike in the number of FDCPA/FCRA lawsuits over 2008,” says company CEO Jack Gordon, who is a former collection agency owner himself.

He adds, “Debt collectors are under attack seemingly from every corner – radicalized debtors, consumer attorneys, federal agencies, Congress, state legislators, state attorney generals and the media. I am looking to give those who are the most besieged something of extraordinary value.”

Every lawsuit prevented can save many thousands of dollars. According to Gordon, a typical agency can identify dozens or even hundreds of prior litigants and head off any potential impending action from them.

The service, which is priced lower than the cost of defending or settling a single typical lawsuit per year, includes four components to help agencies identify prior litigants:

A searchable database of consumer lawsuits to find individual litigants, defendants or attorneys.
A batch process that can segregate prior litigants at the rate of one million accounts per hour.
A semi-monthly spreadsheet of all new litigation.
The semi-monthly ‘Litigant Hotsheet’ which quickly identifies the most active consumer litigants.

The companies that take advantage of this offer will have the option, at the end of the free scrub, to continue with the month-to-month service.

“Of course, I hope many of them will choose to stay on,” said Gordon, “but even if they just try it out and find some value from their initial scrubs, I will be happy to see them benefit from denying the professional litigants out there additional opportunities to extort money from our industry.”

Any collection firms who wish to learn more can visit www.webrecon.com/free

This offer expires on December 31, 2009, and slots are expected to fill up quickly.

About WebRecon LLC: Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s services to easily segregate predictably litigious consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.

For more information or interview requests, please contact:

Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

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October 23, 2009 By : Editor Category : industry news Tags:, , ,
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Which U.S. President Signed the FDCPA Into Law?

FACT or FICTION?
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) was signed into law by U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

And, the survey says . . . . . FICTION!

The FDCPA (HR 5294) was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20, 1977!

Read President Carter’s speech on HR 5294 here.

September 24, 2009 By : Editor Category : misc Tags:,
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FDCPA Lawsuit Statistics, August 1-15, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Grand Rapids, MI (August 20, 2009) – FDCPA Lawsuit Statistics, August 1-15, 2009. This service is provided to the ARM industry courtesy of WebRecon LLC.

There were about 354 FDCPA cases and 49 FCRA lawsuits in the first half of August.
• Of those cases, there were about 403 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 81 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.
• Combined, those 81 plaintiffs have filed about 198 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 93 different US District Court branches.
• About 278 different collection firms were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:
• 27 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 18 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 15 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 15 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Western District Court – Pittsburgh
• 14 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Los Angeles
• 13 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 13 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 12 Lawsuits: California Northern District Court – San Francisco
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 12 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn

The most active consumer attorneys were:
• Representing 30 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 21 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 15 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 14 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 13 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 13 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 12 Consumers: Garrett I. Elias
• Representing 11 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 11 Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 9 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman

Statistics Year to Date: 5652 total lawsuits for 2009:
• 4755 FDCPA
• 796 FCRA
• 5 TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 5650 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:
• Representing 307 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 205 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 168 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 157 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
• Representing 154 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill

For more information, please contact:

Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

August 26, 2009 By : Editor Category : industry news Tags:, ,
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5000 Lawsuits: A Disturbing New Milestone

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

5000 Lawsuits: A Disturbing New Milestone…
FDCPA Lawsuit Statistics Released, July 16-31, 2009

Grand Rapids, MI (August 10, 2009) – Instead of being an early Halloween fright, the milestone of 5000 FDCPA/FCRA lawsuits has become a post-Independence Day explosion on the collection and creditor firms already struggling to keep up in a troubled economy.

According to WebRecon CEO Jack Gordon, the second half of July saw us crack 5000 FDCPA/FCRA lawsuits for the year. This is nearly three months ahead of last year – in 2008, we didn’t reach 5000 lawsuits until the 2nd week of October. In 2007, 5000 wasn’t reached until the first week of December.

“This shows that the pace of new FDCPA/FCRA litigation is only accelerating,” said Gordon. “Look for this milestone to hit next year before Memorial Day.”

FDCPA Lawsuit Statistics, July 16-31, 2009

There were about 423 FDCPA cases and 79 FCRA lawsuits in the second half of July.

• Of those cases, there were about 528 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 117 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.
• Combined, those 117 plaintiffs have filed about 639 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 107 different US District Court branches.
• About 345 different collection firms were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 34 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 30 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 23 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 21 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 20 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 18 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 13 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
• 13 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 12 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 11 Lawsuits: California Eastern District Court – Sacramento
• 11 Lawsuits: New York Southern District Court – Foley Square
• 10 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 10 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Tampa
• 10 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Miami
• 10 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip
• 10 Lawsuits: New York Southern District Court – White Plains

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 29 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 18 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 17 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 16 Consumers: Todd M Friedman
• Representing 14 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, Iii
• Representing 13 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 10 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
• Representing 9 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 9 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 9 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 9 Consumers: Jody B. Burton
• Representing 9 Consumers: Susan A Landgraf

Statistics Year to Date:
5039 total lawsuits for 2009:
• 4320 FDCPA
• 714 FCRA
• 5 TCPA

Numbers of unique Plaintiffs: 5203 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 280 Consumers: Ryan Lee
• Representing 182 Consumers: Nicholas J Bontrager
• Representing 167 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 165 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 159 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
• Representing 134 Consumers: Adam Jacob Krohn
• Representing 133 Consumers: Amanda R. Jordan
• Representing 129 Consumers: Todd M Friedman
• Representing 127 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 113 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, Iii
• Representing 107 Consumers: David M Marco
• Representing 104 Consumers: David Michael Larson


Contact:
Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

August 14, 2009 By : Editor Category : industry news Tags:, , ,
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Copies of the FDCPA to consumers?

This is starting to get crazy.

I just read the article on InsideARM.com: NJ Bill Would Require Collectors to Send Copies of FDCPA to Consumers.

Is this for real, or is it another one of those bad dreams?

When I put the FDCPA into Word and move the columns to 0.5, it still comes out to 22 pages (can get it to 11 double sided).

To push this additional cost (paper and extra postage) onto the shoulders of the collection agencies is absurd, especially given the fact that a majority of collection notices are never opened in the first place. This could be a HUGE cost to the agencies, which they’ll perhaps have to pass back on to the creditor through higher fees, which the creditor will then have to pass back on to the good paying customers through increased prices.

Is this the best we got? Somebody, please tell me I’m dreaming and that I’ve overlooked something here.

Gary Jensen editor

April 20, 2009 By : Editor Category : rants & raves Tags:, , ,
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