http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/ Published by Anderson, Ogilvie & Brewer LLP en-us 2010-03-03T15:17:22-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2010/03/repo_men_going_hitech_1.html THe NY Times reports that repo companies are increasingly using a digital system to spot cars on lenders' repo lists. MVTRAC provides mobile digital cameras to repo companies that take pictures of license plates as the repo truck goes down... Repo Business Mark F. Anderson 2010-03-03T15:17:22-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2010/01/fireside_class_action_does_not_1.html Many of you have called or emailed about Fireside Bank's repossession of your vehicle. You are hoping that you are included in our Fireside class action settlement. That settlement resulted in Fireside clearing class members' credit reports of Fireside's tradeline.... Carol McLean Brewer 2010-01-27T14:48:57-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2010/01/deadline_nears_for_cashing_fir.html Fireside Bank settlement class members who made payments to Fireside after their vehicles were repossessed are entitled to a 90% refund of those payments. Checks were initially mailed several months ago. Most class members cashed or deposited their checks long... Carol McLean Brewer 2010-01-11T11:44:47-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2009/08/fireside_bank_settlement_check_1.html Fireside Bank Settlement Class Members who paid money to Fireside after their cars were repossessed were scheduled to receive refund checks next week. However, as I mentioned in my last post, Fireside had not provided accurate records of payments it... Carol McLean Brewer 2009-08-28T11:29:15-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2009/07/fireside_bank_settlement_nears_1.html If you received a Class Notice in the Fireside Bank class action settlement, watch your calendar. The "Effective Date" for the settlement is this week, July 29. Ten days after the Effective Date--no later than August 8--Fireside must change all... Carol McLean Brewer 2009-07-27T10:57:06-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2009/06/fireside_bank_repossession_cla.html Our proposed class action settlement with Fireside Bank was finally approved by Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Elfving on May 29. This is great news for the approximately 17,500 members of the Gonzalez settlement class--California consumers to whom Fireside... Carol McLean Brewer 2009-06-02T10:42:17-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2009/04/do_i_have_a_defense_to_a_defic_1.html Suppose your car was repossessed, recently or years ago. You were having financial difficulties. Maybe you tried to reinstate your contract. Perhaps you were having problems and voluntarily surrendered your vehicle. In the end, you were unable to get your... Carol McLean Brewer 2009-04-10T13:52:09-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2009/04/checks_to_be_mailed_in_arcadia.html Persons whose vehicles were repossessed by Arcadia Financial, who received a post-repossession notice of intent to dispose (NOI) between November 1, 2002 and September 25, 2007 and against whom Arcadia sought a deficiency are--with minor exceptions--members of the Settlement Class... Carol McLean Brewer 2009-04-08T12:22:09-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2009/03/debt_collectors_deficiency_sui_1.html If your vehicle was repossessed and sold, the bank or finance company may have sold its right to claim the resulting deficiency to a debt collector. The "deficiency" is the amount still owing on the conditional sale contract after the... Car Repossession Carol McLean Brewer 2009-03-27T16:58:46-08:00 http://www.californiarepossessionlaw.com/2009/03/repossessions_may_be_affected_1.html Our law firm represents consumers whose cars were repossessed. Many of those consumers are being sued by the bank or finance company that repossessed the vehicle. We review the post-repossession Notice carefully to determine whether the creditor has complied... Car Repossession Carol McLean Brewer 2009-03-05T11:57:56-08:00