Geithner Called to Explain AIG Bailout Secrecy
Treasury Secretary will face a congressional grilling later this month about the suppression of details on deals that funneled billions to big investment banks while he was president of the Federal Re Follow this link: Geithner Called to Explain AIG Bailout Secrecy
FTC Roundtable to Discuss Debt Collection Litigation; Continued Call for Public Comments
Have something to contribute in regards to Debt Collection Litigation? See below, you can file comments electronically. Personally I feel that lawyers should not be able to be both a debt collector and a attorney at the same time. They should either be attorneys or debt collectors. I guarantee you there would be fewer consumer lawsuits, especially bogus ones. Speak your mind and let the FTC know what you think. —- The Federal Trade Commission will host a public event on consumer protection issues arising when debt collectors sue consumers to recover on a debt. This will be the last in a series of three FTC roundtable discussions on these topics. WHO: “Protecting Consumers in Debt Collection Litigation: A Roundtable Discussion” WHEN: December 4, 2009, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration – begins at 8 a.m. WHERE: FTC’s Satellite Building Conference Center 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 This Roundtable follows up on the Commission’s February 2009 Report, Collecting Consumer Debts: The Challenges of Change – A Workshop Report, which announced that the FTC would hold regional roundtables to help develop policy recommendations related to debt collection litigation and arbitration proceedings. A group of state court judges, government officials, debt collectors and debt buyers, consumer attorneys and advocates, academics, and other stakeholders will discuss topics related to consumer debt collection litigation proceedings, such as service of process, consumer default rates, time-barred debts, evidentiary requirements in collection actions, and post-judgment issues. The Roundtable is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required. The Commission will also offer a live webcast of the event for those who wish to participate but cannot attend. For details and a link to the webcast, go to http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/debtcollectround/index.shtm . Interested parties are encouraged to submit written comments or original research relating to debt collection litigation or arbitration proceedings through January 8, 2009. Comments should refer to “Debt Collection Roundtable – Comment, Project No. P094806.” To file electronically, follow the instructions and fill out the form at https://public.commentworks.com/ftc/debtcollectroundtable3 . Paper comments should include the above reference both in the text and on the envelope, and should be mailed or delivered to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Room H-135 (Annex A), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580. Comments containing confidential material, however, must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled “Confidential,” and must comply with Commission Rule 4.9(c). The FTC requests that any paper comments be sent by courier or overnight service , if possible, because postal mail in the Washington area and at the Commission is subject to delay due to heightened security precautions. Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. If you need an accommodation related to a disability, please contact Bevin Murphy at 202-326-3224 or via e-mail at consumerdebtevents@ftc.gov . Your request should include a detailed description of the accommodations you need and a way to contact you if we need more information. Please provide advance notice. Link: FTC Roundtable to Discuss Debt Collection Litigation; Continued Call for Public Comments
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DHS Immigration Detention Reforms Don’t Satisfy Critics
The Department of Homeland Security Secretary on Tuesday released a report on the immigrant detention system and announced plans to improve detention conditions for the approximately 30,000 immigrants being held on immigration violations. The report finds that although many immigrants have not committed crimes, they’re held in secure facilities designed for criminals and often in far more restrictive conditions than necessary. They also often don’t have sufficient access to medical and legal assistance while in custody. The reforms announced today by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton involve primarily centralizing control of the detention facilities under ICE headquarters’ supervision; classifying immigrant detainees according to their risk level and housing them accordingly; improving detainees’ access to medical and legal services; and increasing supervision of the facilities by federal employees rather than by private contractors. Longtime critics of the agency’s detention practices are not completely satisfied, however, noting that DHS’s proposals fail to include a way to ensure that the agency complies with improved standards, that immigrants aren’t unnecessarily locked up, and that innocent people aren’t harassed by local authorities empowered to enforce federal immigration law. As Judy Rabinovitz, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants’ Rights Project, put it in a statement released yesterday, “Meaningful reform of the system must focus not only on the conditions under which immigrants are being detained, but on why they are being detained in the first place — often for prolonged periods of time — when other forms of supervised release would be sufficient to address the government’s concerns, as well as the need for basic due process.” Linton Joaquin, general counsel for the National Immigration Law Center, called the proposal “a step in the right direction” but said that “as long as these standards are not enforceable, the rights violations faced by the men and women in these systems will persist.” Read the original post: DHS Immigration Detention Reforms Don’t Satisfy Critics
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