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Re:Debt Collectors Are Transforming the Business of State Co... by pnw_hazor on Thursday May 07, 2020 @05:04PM (#23108303)
In little people law, such as, debt collection, landlord tenant, family law, some bankruptcy/creditor issues, it usually doesn't take much effort to disrupt the volume practitioners.

The volume-based attorneys often exclusively practice in one area and rarely face an attorney. The few times I defended people, it really threw a monkey wrench into the process.

Unfortunately, there is no money in being a white knight in most areas of little people law.

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Re:Debt Collectors Are Transforming the Business of State Co... by wheelerwj on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:01AM (#23111266)
There has to be a way to apply some kind of scaling to this kind of defense..
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Re:Debt Collectors Are Transforming the Business of State Co... by barry-cotter on Friday May 08, 2020 @03:34AM (#23112310)
Not if you must have a lawyer admitted to the State Bar with a three year JD to pay off. Paralegals can do 99% of the work and have a lawyer review it, sign off on it and be liable for documentation but everything but a lawyer or representing yourself in court is illegal in the US.

No bicycles, motor bikes or Hondas. If you can’t afford a Mercedes you can walk.

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Re:Debt Collectors Are Transforming the Business of State Co... by jjeaff on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:05AM (#23111580)
Hard to scale up a defense if you can't even get the debtors to do the bare minimum of showing up to court.
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Re:Debt Collectors Are Transforming the Business of State Co... by dd36 on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:00AM (#23111555)
Like classes of people...
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Re:Debt Collectors Are Transforming the Business of State Co... by pnw_hazor on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:16AM (#23111630)
Useful in some situations, but generally limited by consumer contracts and because people with damages arising out of different circumstances are hard to group into a class.
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