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11 Nov 2021, 7:39 am by Cathy Moran
New rule applies to debt collectors Importantly, the FDCPA applies only to “debt collectors” which the law defines as any person who regularly collects, or attempts to collect, consumer debts for another person or institution or uses some name other than its own when collecting its own consumer debts. [read post]
7 Jun 2017, 2:30 pm by John L. Culhane, Jr.
Last July, in anticipation of convening a SBREFA panel for the CFPB’s debt collection rulemaking, the CFPB issued an outline of the proposals it is considering. [read post]
22 Feb 2016, 8:04 am by John L. Culhane, Jr.
The FTC has sent a letter to the CFPB summarizing the FTC’s debt collection activities in 2015. [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 7:39 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
ET, we will conduct a webinar, “The CFPB’s Debt Collection Rulemaking: Our Predictions and the Potential Impact on the Industry. [read post]
2 Sep 2015, 11:04 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
  A third “Debt Collection Dialogue” is scheduled to held in Atlanta, Georgia on November 18, 2015. [read post]
25 May 2016, 8:56 pm by Steve Lash
A Baltimore jury has awarded more than $38.6 million in compensation to debtors who had paid less than a tenth of that amount to LVNV Funding LLC, a then-unlicensed debt-collection company. [read post]
4 Aug 2009, 11:29 am
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday issued an opinion that should serve as a warning to lawyers involved in debt collection: be careful what stationery you use. [read post]
26 Oct 2012, 4:00 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky
On Wednesday, the CFPB released its debt collection larger participant final rule and the examination procedures its examiners will use to examine members of the debt collection industry that qualify as larger participants and other industry members over whom the CFPB has supervisory authority. [read post]
10 Jun 2008, 9:14 pm
FTC has accused Jefferson Capital of misrepresenting a debt collection program as a credit card offer and using abusive collection tactics such as making debt collection calls to individual consumers more than 20 times per day, including before 8 a.m. and after 9 p.m., and on Sundays. ... [read post]
29 Jul 2009, 12:05 am
Both AP and a Liberty Counsel press release yesterday report that a lawsuit under the Fair Debt Practices Collection Act against Bullseye Collection Agency of Monticello, MN has been voluntarily dismissed. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 10:11 am by Eric Rosenkoetter
Gavin Newsom approved Senate Bill 908 which creates the “Debt Collection Licensing Act. [read post]
The changes to Regulation F address communications in connection with debt collection, prohibitions on abusive or false representations, and unfair debt collection practices. [read post]
20 Aug 2014, 8:13 am
If you have half an hour and are interested in learning about the debt buying/debt collection industry, it is a great read. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 10:00 pm by Sherica Celine
Consumer Debt Collection Protections Checklist Utilize this checklist as a guide when representing debtors or other interested parties in understanding debt collection protections for consumers under the FDCPA. [read post]
14 Oct 2015, 2:05 pm by Gary W. Becker
In November 2013, the CFPB issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in which it solicited comments on an array of issues relating to the debt collection practices of third-party debt collectors and debt buyers as well as those of creditors collecting their own debts. [read post]
12 Apr 2021, 11:41 am by Daniel Miller
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs' claims in consolidated cases brought under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act against a debt collector law firm, after the debt collector law firm failed to meet evidentiary burdens in various collection lawsuits. [read post]
8 Sep 2021, 10:17 am by leemedia
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that regulates the debt collection practices by debt collectors. [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 2:15 am by sesmith
As we’ve previously discussed, debt collectors and debt buyers increasingly use the taxpayer-funded court system as a shortcut to debt collection. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 10:54 am by slemberg
Case in point: Witness depositions in one of our debt collection cases – Ray Tedeschi v. [read post]