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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0c72d5a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Attorney Gordon Leech, Wisconsin Consumer & Employment Lawyer</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Attorney Gordon Leech, Wisconsin Consume"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="potential_claim_inquiry.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Potential Claim Inquiry"><U>Potential Claim Inquiry</U></A>   |   <A HREF="attorney_gordon_leech_biography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Attorney Gordon Leech"><U>About Attorney Gordon Leech</U></A>   |   <A HREF="contact_attoney_leech.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How To Contact Me"><U>How To Contact Me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="credit_report_disputes__what_to_do__know_your_rights.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Credit Report Disputes Claims"><U>Credit Report Disputes & Claims</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Identity Theft"><U>Identity Theft</U></A>   |   <A HREF="debt_collection_violations.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Debt Collection Violations"><U>Debt Collection Violations</U></A>   |   <A HREF="your_rights_when_credit_card_bills_have_errors.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Credit Card Billing Errors"><U>Credit Card Billing Errors</U></A>   |   <A HREF="your_employment_rights_in_wisconsin__overtime_pay.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Employment Claims"><U>Employment Claims</U></A>   |   <B>News</B>   |   <A HREF="helpful_links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Helpful Links"><U>Helpful Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="File Share"><U>File Share</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Downloads"><U>Downloads</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="073d2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> Samster, Konkel & Safran, SC</div> <div> 1110 N. Old World Third St. #405</div> <div> Milwaukee, WI 53203</div> <div> Tel: 414-224-0400</div> <bR> <div> Please also visit <A HREF="http://www.skslawyers.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.skslawyers.com"><U>www.skslawyers.com</U></A>, for information on the law firm of Samster, Konkel & Safran.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Potential claim?  </B><A HREF="potential_claim_inquiry.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Potential Claim Inquiry"><U><B>Click Here</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Want to see our newsletter?  </B><A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletter"><U><B>Click Here</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>News</I></div> <div> <I>Penalty Hikes in Credit Card Interest Rates to End</I></div> <div> Relief from some unfair credit card practices is coming.  On December 18, 2008, the Federal Office of Thrift Supervision and the Federal Reserve issued rules barring unfair credit card practices. Among the new rules, credit card companies will not be allowed to increase a consumer's credit card interest rate just because a consumer has a late payment on another credit card. Currently, credit card companies are able to impose these "penalty rates" on consumers when the consumer is actually current on their account but late on some other credit card. Often times, this penalty rate takes a consumer from the introductory rate, which can be as low as 0%, up to a 27% rate. This new protection, along with others, unfortunately will not take effect until July 1, 2010. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.capwiz.com/nacanet/attachments/OTS_Fact_Shee___UDAP_Final_Rule.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.capwiz.com/nacanet/attachment"><U>Click here to follow a link to the Office of Thrift Supervision's Summary of the new rule</U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Attorney Gordon R. Leech</div> <div> Samster, Konkel & Safran, SC</div> <div> 1110 N. Old World Third St., Suite 405</div> <div> Milwaukee, WI 53203</div> <div> Tel: 414-224-0400</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:gleech@attorneyleech.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:gleech@attorneyleech.com"><U>gleech@AttorneyLeech.com</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.attorneyleech.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.attorneyleech.com"><U>www.AttorneyLeech.com</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>