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Creditors Beware! Think twice before pulling that credit report on your judgment debtor

October 28, 2016 /0 Comments/in /by

For many years judgment creditors have relied on the holding of Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Association, 606 F.3d 665 (9th Circuit, 2009) (aka Pintos II) which held that judgment creditors had a permissible purpose under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) to obtain a consumer credit reports. Judgment creditors holding fully adjudicated debts have used […]

Judgment Enforcement Receivers: Locating hidden assets belonging to the receivership estate:

June 24, 2016 /0 Comments/in /by

Post-Judgment receiverships are often some the most difficult and high risk assignments undertaken by receivers. Besides dealing with an upset debtor and creditors competing for a “piece of the pie”, the receiver often has the difficult task of ascertaining the nature and location of assets properly belonging in the receivership estate. This challenge is worsened […]