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27 Jul 2009, 7:32 am
Many states have their own debt collection laws that are different from the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. [read post]
22 Apr 2009, 7:30 am
It makes it easier to sue them for violation of Califorrnia’s Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 1:00 pm
We now look at what are some of the more common types of violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) that will allow an Alabama consumer to sue a debt collector or debt buyer. [read post]
28 Dec 2015, 12:51 pm
This method typically is not a good idea when there are not assets available to make the assumption of debt payments fair or when the person taking on the debt payments lacks the income to safely make the payments. [read post]
22 Aug 2016, 5:00 am
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act generally forbids collection calls to friends and family. [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 8:54 am
Additional Resources Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (PDF) [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 6:34 am
The Jan. 11 article says the Federal Trade Commission, the agency responsible for enforcing the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, has requested purchase and sales records from the nine biggest debt buyers in the U.S. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 7:57 am
But, the little guy gets the benefit of the "strict liability" (automatic liability) nature of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, along with the "fee shifting" nature of that law, which means that the law-breaking debt buyer pays your attorneys' fees for successfully protecting yourself. [read post]
21 Nov 2011, 6:22 pm
Portfolio Recovery Associates (“PRA”) was the defendant in at least seven lawsuits filed during 2011 which alleged that PRA violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act while attempting to collect “zombie” debts. [read post]
27 Aug 2011, 5:08 pm
Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a debt collector must identify himself as as such and further inform the consumer that the communication is from a debt collector. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 7:54 am
Gillie brought the Justices into the almost surreal world of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and it is pretty clear they did not find it all that appealing. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 12:46 pm
The CFPB order charges the company with violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. [read post]
5 Jul 2018, 12:32 pm
Worldwide and Ungaro are additionally charged with violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by making false, deceptive, or misleading representations to consumers, engaging in unlawful communications with third parties, and failing to provide statutorily-required notices. [read post]
25 Jan 2016, 8:58 am
In the last couple of years, claims against creditors for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) have become a hot item in Bankruptcy Courts. [read post]
13 Nov 2013, 6:19 am
This conclusion is sustained by the belief that fair value accounting was a major factor contributing to the 2008-2009 financial crisis by causing financial institutions to recognize excessive losses, which in turn caused excessive sales of assets and repayment of debt, thereby leading to procyclical accounting leverage. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 2:00 am
The troubling nature of the proposed lifting of cell phone restrictions was highlighted in another Associated Press report, which pointed out that two of the debt collection agencies that collect federal student loan debt – West Asset Management and Allied Interstate – paid more than $4 million in Federal Trade Commission fines over the past year for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 9:34 am
The Fair Credit Reporting Act. [read post]
6 Jul 2021, 11:06 am
Fair lending. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 7:48 am
According to the FTC, this judgment constitutes the largest in FTC history for violations of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
21 Nov 2007, 7:17 am
The law, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. 1692, et seq., states: "Without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector... a debt collector may not communicate with a consumer in connection with the collection of any debt... at any unusual time or place known or which should be known to be inconvenient to the consumer. [read post]
