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23 May 2007, 4:15 am
The House Ways Means Committee holds a hearing today on The IRS's Use of Private Debt Collection Companies to Collect Federal Income Taxes. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 11:33 am
The specific laws that regulate collection agencies are the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 11:33 am
The specific laws that regulate collection agencies are the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
21 Jul 2009, 9:32 pm
We believe that arbitration can play a major role in consumer debt collection disputes. [read post]
4 Sep 2010, 6:39 am by Seth
It is a symptom of our times that a great deal of current civil litigation is more debt collection than anything else. [read post]
18 Nov 2007, 9:21 am by Joseph A. Mullaney, III
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. 1692, et seq., is a powerful federal statute govering almost all aspects of consumer debt collection. [read post]
20 Dec 2010, 5:05 am by Joseph Mullaney
”  Medical debt collection is problematic for both the debt collector and the consumer because privacy laws often do not permit the review of medical records to determine how an alleged debt arose. [read post]
22 Jun 2021, 12:37 pm by Peter S. Lubin and Patrick Austermuehle
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) gives consumers crucial protections against predatory debt collection practices, such as calling late at night, using harassing language, pursuing individuals for debts they don’t owe, and using misleading communications in debt collection attempts. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 11:26 am by Stefanie Jackman
  The Massachusetts AG also clarified in the guidance that first-party service providers collecting on behalf of creditors in the creditor’s name are subject to the emergency regulation’s call restriction but creditors collecting their own debts, in their own names, and using their own employees are not. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 3:00 am by Taras Rudnitsky
The Law Office of Andreu, Palma and Andreu, PL from Miami, FL (attorneys Jorge Palma and Diamelyn Cepero) filed a debt collection lawsuit against our clients on behalf of debt collector Precision Recovery Analytics, Inc. [read post]
5 Jul 2010, 7:20 am
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: In most courts, it is possible for a consumer to assert a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case, when a creditor attempts to collect a debt that is discharged in bankruptcy. [read post]
5 Apr 2017, 2:40 pm by Sandy
"The Court acknowledged that the defendant's notice may be common in the debt collection interest, but stated that the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act "does not insulate a debt collector from liability merely because others in the industry engage in the same practice. [read post]
”  The plaintiffs argued that the government debt exception violated the First Amendment by favoring debt collection speech over political and other speech. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 7:41 am
§ 559.552), the FCCPA makes it a violation of state law to engage in certain practices in the collection of consumer debt, including impersonating a law enforcement agency, using or threatening violence or force, disclosing the status of the debt to third parties, failing to disclose that the debt has been disputed, harassing the debtor, etc. [read post]