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14 Jan 2007, 8:13 am
The increasing number of very small, thinly capitalized, unlicensed debt collectors may make a statute like the FDCPA more important; the argument for having the statute only apply to third-party debt collectors and not creditors collecting their own debts was responding to this difference. [read post]
27 Jul 2010, 4:33 am
(May-June): consumer victories defending collection suits; $1.5 million debt harassment award; GAO report on debt settlement; FCC rule on pre-recorded calls; report on debt buyers; report on self-help repossessions; FDCPA case summaries 3. [read post]
6 Apr 2015, 1:09 pm
The complaint charges the debt collectors with numerous violations of the FDCPA and the CFPA’s prohibition of unfair or deceptive acts or practices. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 1:03 pm
However, he also says that just because the letter had an attorney's letterhead then it automatically didn't violate the FDCPA because it contained the following sentence: "At this point in time, no attorney with this firm has personally reviewed the particular circumstances of your account. [read post]
9 Jun 2013, 1:04 pm
The FDCPA entitles you not only to copies of your credit report, but allows you to place a fraud block on your file. [read post]
7 May 2015, 8:50 am
In addition to potential dismissal of these cases for lack of personal jurisdiction, most if not all of them would be grounds for an action by the homeowner for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
6 Oct 2008, 4:13 pm
Credit card companies get sued routinely for violations of such acronyms as the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), and a variety of other state and federal laws. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 11:47 am
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) 8. [read post]
25 Sep 2012, 8:13 am
In the meantime, here are some things you should know about your rights with regard to debt collectors, as outlined by the FDCPA: The kind of debts covered under this act run the gamut. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 8:56 pm
Whether you decide to hire a debt collection agency or a lawyer, you will get the services of professionals who use debt collection methods that comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 7:04 am
" Three circuits - the Second, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits - have held that the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act does not apply to violations that result from legal mistakes; in so holding, they relied on the similarity between the FDCPA's bona fide error provision and a "nearly identical" provision of the Truth in Lending Act, which courts have consistently declined to construe as extending to legal errors. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 11:21 am
You should also know that The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act or FDCPA allows consumers to hire lawyers who can sue debt collectors for violating the law. [read post]
2 Oct 2017, 11:37 am
September 1, 2017)(purported class action brought under FDCPA by North Carolina residents who allege the defendant collection agency violated the Act by sending threatening delinquent balance letters in an attempt to collect debts owed to “Gold’s Gym” in Fayetteville and threatening collection fees if no payment came within a certain time period.) [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 4:00 am
In addition to the FCRA and RESPA, such statutes include the TCPA, TILA, EFTA , FDCPA, and FHA. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 9:17 am
The Court found that Portfolio Recovery Associates violated provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) relating to “[t]he use or distribution of any written communication which simulates or is falsely represented to be a document authorized, issued, or approved by any court…of the United States…, or which creates a false impression as to its source, authorization, or approval,” or which constitutes “[t]he false representation or implication… [read post]
11 Jan 2010, 6:01 am
Our Brea illegal debt collection lawyers help Californians enforce their rights under both the FDCPA and California's consumer protection law, the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. [read post]
30 Nov 2012, 11:23 am
Other common uses of the contingency fee include actions for bodily injury caused by product defects, negligence, malpractice, and under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
24 Nov 2010, 5:26 am
The suit normally will be based upon the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). [read post]
25 Jul 2015, 9:44 am
If you have collection agencies harassing you, those entities can be handled by way of the FDCPA. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 6:31 am
You could suppose the firm’s argument unwise that it does not take an “‘assembly line’ approach to handling FDCPA cases,” and that its pleadings “do not read like ‘cookie cutter’ vague allegations from a generic form,” since the argument itself was “copied from work it had done in earlier cases” and rejected time and again. 3 As that great scholar Dr. [read post]
