Google recently announced that it has stopped taking paid ads for payday loans. Facebook stopped taking payday loans about a year ago. This is a pretty significant development.  While you can still find payday loans online through organic searches, there will no longer be any “above the fold” (the ads that show on the top and right-hand side of a search results page )will not show advertisements for them. The google ads for payday loans helped legitimize an industry which really should be left in the shadows of the black market. It is great to see them go.

Google recently announced that it has stopped taking paid ads for payday loans. Facebook stopped taking payday loans about a year ago. This is a pretty significant development.  While you can still find payday loans online through organic searches, there will no longer be any “above the fold” (the ads that show on the top and right-hand side of a search results page )will not show advertisements for them. The google ads for payday loans helped legitimize an industry which really should be left in the shadows of the black market. It is great to see them go.

Google recently announced that it has stopped taking paid ads for payday loans. Facebook stopped taking payday loans about a year ago. This is a pretty significant development.  While you can still find payday loans online through organic searches, there will no longer be any “above the fold” (the ads that show on the top and right-hand side of a search results page )will not show advertisements for them. The google ads for payday loans helped legitimize an industry which really should be left in the shadows of the black market. It is great to see them go.

Fast Track Debt Relief Violates Virginia Consumer Protection Law I’m a bankruptcy lawyer, in Woodbridge Virginia. I see a lot of people ripped off by debt settlement scams, before they come to see me. Last month, a judge in Fairfax County agreed with me that Fast Track Debt Relief violated the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

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State unemployment benefits are paid pursuant to a system that relies on trust. Benefits are paid based on representations made by claimants that they are out of work and that they continue to seek out full-time work. If a claimant finds part-time work, then benefits are reduced accordingly.

State unemployment benefits are paid pursuant to a system that relies on trust. Benefits are paid based on representations made by claimants that they are out of work and that they continue to seek out full-time work. If a claimant finds part-time work, then benefits are reduced accordingly.

I came across a woman recently who was considering chapter 7 bankruptcy. She had a home that was underwater by more than $175,000. She had absolutely no intention of keeping the home. Her goal was to stay in the home for as long as possible, surrender it to the lender after a sheriff sale, and+ Read More