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17 May 2012, 6:54 am
If you’re in debt, read through the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 9:17 am
Section 1692f(8) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) prohibits the use of any language or symbol, other than the debt collector’s address, on any envelope when communicating with a consumer by mail. [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 11:57 am
For example, if the total amount of the mortgage debt immediately prior to the foreclosure was $220,000 and the fair market value of the property was $200,000, the amount of the debt forgiven, $20,000, was treated as taxable income. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 7:00 am
Lesher sued the Kay law firm in the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 9:39 am
Tax Defense Network is hosting a Career Fair tomorrow, January 30, 2010. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 6:08 am
At that point, your creditors have given up on you. 3) Dealing with Debt Collectors: The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is the federal law that dictates how and when a debt collector may contact you. [read post]
27 Dec 2015, 8:00 pm
Serna 15-511 Issue: (1) Whether the one-year statute of limitations for seeking relief under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act begins to run when the offending debt collection suit is first filed, or when it is served; and (2) whether this Court should resolve the split of authority among the circuit courts of appeals and the federal district courts about whether the one-year statute of limitations for seeking relief under the Fair Debt… [read post]
17 Jan 2022, 1:00 pm
In the bulletin, the CFPB cautions debt collectors about the intersection of certain Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) prohibitions and the No Surprises Act. [read post]
18 Dec 2020, 9:14 am
The CFPB completed its Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking today with the release of Part II of its final collection rule. [read post]
10 Nov 2008, 5:26 pm
There is also an urgent need to clarify whether synthetic collateralized debt obligations include embedded derivatives. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 6:54 am
Under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, one of the numerous restrictions on debt collectors' behavior is a prohibition against misrepresenting themselves as attorneys. [read post]
22 Apr 2010, 11:31 am
Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich LPA et al., No. 08-1200 (April 21, 2010), a debt collection law firm asked the high court to decide whether it could use the "bona fide error" defense in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to defend itself from a lawsuit brought over a mistake of law rather than one of fact. [read post]
23 Sep 2021, 2:35 pm
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed judgment in a debt collector’s favor against claims that its efforts to collect attorney’s fees incurred to collect a debt — including the fees incurred in collecting the attorney’s fees — violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 7:22 pm
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits debt collectors from using obscene or profane language or “language the natural consequence of which is to abuse the hearer or reader. [read post]
8 Dec 2017, 7:46 am
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act preempted state judgment execution law insofar as it permitted debt collectors to execute on FDCPA claims. [read post]
18 Nov 2020, 7:33 am
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that a debt collector cannot use the “bona fide error” defense to shield itself from liability under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by merely (1) requiring its creditor clients to provide accurate account information, and (2) requesting verification of the account information from its creditor client, but not waiting to receive a response before trying to collect the debts. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 7:45 am
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed entry of summary judgment against a consumer debtor who claimed that a collection letter’s language, implying that interest or other charges (which the debt collector did not collect on debts referred to it by the creditor and were not referenced in the subject credit agreement) could accrue in the event of a default, violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
16 Jun 2020, 9:15 am
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently vacated a summary judgment order against a debtor on her claims against a debt owner and its debt collector for alleged violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because the debtor did not suffer a concrete injury-in-fact traceable to the alleged statutory violations and therefore lacked the required Article III standing. [read post]
26 Jul 2017, 9:25 am
A recent decision from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals examines both the provision of consent under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the bona fide error defense for debt collectors under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
13 Oct 2007, 10:04 am
As I previously wrote, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (”FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. 1692d makes it unlawful for a debt collector to engage in any conduct the natural consequence of which is to harass, oppress, or abuse any person in connection with the collection of a debt. [read post]
