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25 May 2021, 4:00 am by Todd Murray
A favorite litigation tactic used by collection lawyers in a debt collection lawsuit is to serve an unsuspecting consumer with requests for admission. [read post]
1 Jun 2021, 9:33 am by David Friedman
Messerli & Kramer is a debt collection law firm headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota. [read post]
7 Aug 2020, 9:19 am by Stefanie Jackman and Christine Emello
Debt collectors involved in numerous business activities: If a collector is engaged in numerous business activities, it is only required to include the two required statements of 6 RCNY § 5-77(h) on its websites that relate to the collection of debts after debt collection procedures have begun. [read post]
18 Oct 2008, 11:25 pm
We have included on our website a listing of frequently asked questions regarding debt collection harassment. [read post]
Two years ago, the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office proposed regulations that would help control debt collector abuses (as reported by Bankruptcy Law Network here) by requiring debt collectors to inform people that the debt they were trying to collect was too old to try to collect in a court proceeding. [read post]
23 May 2012, 2:00 am by slemberg
The Fitzens are suing under the provision of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act that prohibits debt collectors from taking consumers’ property that wasn’t used as collateral for a debt unless a court has granted permission to do so. [read post]
19 Jun 2012, 10:43 am
Consumers suing a debt-collecting law firm for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act failed to obtain a default judgment because the complaint failed to allege facts to support the allegations. [read post]
2 Feb 2022, 11:43 am by Reid F. Herlihy
The Fourth Circuit’s decision could lead to similar lawsuits challenging convenience fees charged by mortgage servicers and other consumer financial services providers under the debt collection laws of other states that broadly apply the FDCPA’s prohibitions to first-party collections and other persons engaging in collection activity who are not “debt collectors” under the FDCPA. [read post]
6 Mar 2018, 10:15 am
Do you have a warrant issued or threatened in a private debt collection case? [read post]
8 Jun 2013, 3:23 pm by Thomas McAvity
Under both the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act as well as the state consumer laws of Washington and Oregon, a collector may contact certain 3rd parties in connection with a consumer’s debt. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 1:57 pm
There are very specific rules governing what a debt collector can and can't do when trying to collect on a debt. [read post]
9 May 2016, 1:40 pm by Richard Symmes
This includes collection agencies, lawyers who collect debts on a regular basis, and companies that buy delinquent debts and then try to collect them. [read post]
31 Dec 2012, 1:01 am by Thomas McAvity
The FDCPA was enacted to protect consumers against the potentially abusive and harassing behavior of creditors who are trying to collect a debt. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 8:51 am by Todd Murray
Although difficult, it is possible to vacate, or undo, a debt collection judgment. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 12:58 pm by Jeff Sovern
When a debt collector attempts to collect a debt that it knows might already have been paid back in full or extinguished, or the balance of which is approximate, and states the amount of the debt to the consumer--which surely debt collection requires--wouldn't that be a false representation of the character, amount, or legal status of the debt, in violation of section 1692e of the Fair Debt Collection Practices… [read post]
8 Aug 2018, 7:31 am by badmin
If you are currently in collections and planning to file bankruptcy in Texas, you should take solace that bankruptcy is a very real way to obtain debt  … Read more The post Filing Bankruptcy while in Collections appeared first on Baker & Associates. [read post]