Pay-for-delete promises to erase collection debt from your credit report, but the results of this strategy can vary.

Companies that service or collect commercial debt are reminded that new practice requirements are taking effect in California starting July 1, 2025. As Mayer Brown reported when California Senate Bill ...

Consumers across the country are being bombarded with intimidating and sometimes aggressive debt collection calls, and ...

Get to know the research on debt collection lawsuits, racial disparities in judgments, and a big slice of consumer debt: ...

Disputing collections debt can protect your credit, but only if you know when it actually makes sense to do so.

OAKLAND — In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. Five ...