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Each month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) publishes a complaint report outlining and highlighting volume and percentage of consumers’ reported financial complaints. The CFPB is an agency tasked with providing consumers with financial protection and empowerment by improving existing consumer protection rules, enforcing rules and providing tools and resources…

In most bankruptcies in the State of Florida, the filer does not have to appear in court.  He, or she, only has to attend a “meeting of creditors,” which also includes a “bankruptcy trustee.”  Appearing before a judge usually occurs if the filer is challenging a debt and claims he does not…