When I saw “New York Assembly Passes Debt Collection Bill; Also Lowers Statute of Limitations” on insideARM 4/25/13, I immediately contacted Scott Wortman, at Mel S. Harris & Associates, LLC and the author of the NL White Paper on NY Debt Collection Law, and asked for an interview. I knew he wouldn’t be happy about the implications of this bill, and I was sure he would have some very interesting things to say about it. He did! What follows are some of the questions I asked him and his candid, outspoken responses.

“There is currently some unique legislation that is before the General Assembly of TN that will benefit debt buyers and banks in TN if it is passed in the next few weeks,” Attorney Kelly Dicken of Finkelstein, Kern, Steinberg, & Cunningham, P.C. (FKSC) told NL for the blog published by InsideARM on 4/3/13. I kept in touch with her, and when the Governor signed TN SB Bill 224/HB 443, she generously granted me an interview.

Are you among the many law firms or even creditors with pre-litigation collection departments that have been slow adopters, or slow to make a change, when it comes to dialing technology? Perhaps you feel like it’s difficult to find an impartial source of the information you need to make an informed decision regarding whether to buy a site-premised system or sign up to try something “cloud-based.”

CLLA (the Commercial Law League of America) hosted a great meeting in Chicago April 10-13^th. The education sessions were diversified and informative. Most of the firms attending the CLLA Conference do all types of collection work, so diversifying the sessions was very beneficial, I think. For example, CLLA provided an “FDCPA Compliance Roundtable” (retail collections), and a session titled “Ready or not – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is Out on Patrol,” which typically wouldn’t be included in a CLLA conference.

“Like No Place on Earth” is the state slogan for Wyoming, the last of our “50 White Papers in 50 Days” project to be published. We actually published 52 papers in 52 working days, including D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A Bonus for our followers! Today’s blog covers the last seven papers in the series, which began on Feb. 4, 2013.

“This Is Still the Right Place” is the state slogan for Utah, one of the 5 states to publish a white paper last week on NL Insider and a blog on InsideARM. Not only is today’s blog “The Right Place,” but you have two other places to go to learn more about state laws and the firms and authors who wrote about them — InsideARM.com and here on The National List Website. Today’s blog covers the papers published April 1^st through April 5^th.

So Much to Discover,” is the state slogan for Ohio. We invite you to read the white papers by attorneys in the five states published last week on The National List’s website, and discover how different the debt collection laws can be in each one. See below for a teaser about the laws and a short introduction to the authors and their firms. Today’s blog covers the papers published March 25^th through March 29^th.

If you use, display or keep on file a printed copy of The National List of Attorneys Directory, this alert is for you! The 2013 – 2014 Directory will be mailed in August, but only to those who specifically request one. This is part of the effort The National List is making to go green and help “Save the Planet.” All of the printed information and more is currently online and is updated daily.

“Possibilities…Endless,” is the state slogan for Nebraska. Reading the white papers by attorneys in each of the five states published last week on The National List’s website could give you endless possibilities for doing business there. Read below to get just a taste of the laws in each of the states and a short introduction to the authors. Today’s blog covers the papers published March 11th through March 15th.

“Getting the Upper Hand,” is the state slogan for Michigan. Reading the white papers by attorneys in each of the five states published last week on The National List’s website, could help you get “The Upper Hand” in doing business there. Read below to get just a taste of the laws in each of the states and a short introduction to the authors. Today’s blog covers the papers published March 4th through March 8th.

“Fields of Opportunity,” is the state slogan for Iowa. We think you will find that there are “fields of opportunity” in each of the five states whose white papers were published last week on The National List’s website.  Read below to get just a taste of the laws in each of the states and a short introduction to the author. Today’s blog covers Feb. 25th through March 1st.

“Start your Engines,” is Indiana’s state slogan. Typical of Indiana’s reputation for speed, “the fast pace of the litigation and the people with whom I work” are what the author of the Indiana paper published last week enjoys most about his job. “Start your engines” and get up to speed on what’s in this third group of five white papers published on The National List’s website. Read below to get just a taste of the laws in each of the states and a short introduction to the author. Today’s blog covers Feb. 18th through the 22nd.

“It’s Good Being First,” is Delaware’s state slogan, but it’s also good to be among the second group of five white papers on the debt collection laws in every state published on The National List website. Today we recap those five papers, giving you just a taste of the laws in each state and a short introduction to the author. Today’s blog covers Feb. 11th through the 15th.

February 4th was the big day when The National List began publishing, in alphabetical order, one white paper a day on the debt collection laws in every state. Every Thursday we will recap a week’s worth of papers, giving you just a taste of the laws in that state and a short introduction to the author. Today’s blog covers Feb. 4th through the 8th.

The National List of Attorneys has already made history by serving the Debt Collection Industry since 1900─112 plus years and counting! Now we’re happy to announce another important milestone: this year, Jeff Zuck, our Owner, President and Publisher, has been with the company for 30 years!