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Debt and credit

Consumer Debt Collection: Methods & Limitations

The market for recovering consumer debt is growing in the US. Many consumers are still unaware of their rights and the available legal remedies, even though deceptive and abusive debt collection practices are outlawed by consumer protection legislation. Since pushy debt collectors frequently have a motive to do so, consumers […]

Law

Emerging Technologies in the Australian Courts

The growth of technology has created an expansion in the fields of knowledge which are the subject of ‘expert evidence’ in the Australian courts. Experts are now regularly called upon to give opinions about advancing technologies including encryption, and digital innovations like Bitcoin. While witnesses can only generally testify about […]