A Federal Trade Commission report concludes that the system for resolving consumer collection disputes is broken, and recommends litigation and arbitration reforms to improve efficiency and fairness ...

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At yesterday’s joint FTC-CFPB roundtable on the debt collection industry, industry representatives advocated for a uniform, national standard for the documentation to be provided to debtors in the pre ...

In our last post, we discussed strategic planning and early case assessment (ECA) in complex litigation to maximize success and leveraging advanced technologies like generative AI to facilitate that ...

Lawyers who practice in the field of the New York Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) and its federal counterpart, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), know well that the “deliberative process ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Cohen covers the global legal industry and business reinvention. Litigation has long been a central legal practice pillar and ...

Business litigation refers to the practice of engaging in legal action to resolve disputes that occur in a business setting. There are numerous types of disputes that can lead to litigation, including ...