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Debt Collectors Save Us All Money in 2007?

In a national study entitled "Value of Third-Party Debt Collection to the U.S. Economy in 2007: Survey and Analysis" , which was conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and commissioned by ACA International, it was determined that in 2007 the collection industry was able to return $40 billion in bad debt back to large and small businesses that had previously extended [...]

By Kyle Kruidenier|2019-10-21T18:48:16+00:00June 27th, 2008|Business Law|

IF YOU WANT TO GET PAID, GET IT IN WRITING (part 2)

I can't speak for all businesses, but from my perspective most businesses have a signed agreement before they provide services for either an individual or a business. However, invariably it is those transactions in which the agreement was never actually signed that cause the most problems for the business owner. The typical fact pattern goes something like [...]

By Kyle Kruidenier|2015-10-07T15:47:14+00:00October 11th, 2007|Uncategorized|