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3 Sep 2019, 7:58 am
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed judgment in favor of two debt collectors and against a debtor for his claims arising under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Wisconsin Consumer Act (WCA). [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 10:23 am
New York Times, Student Debt and a Push for Fairness: If you run up big credit card bills buying a new home theater system and can’t pay it off after a few years, bankruptcy judges can get rid of the debt. [read post]
30 Jul 2018, 12:03 pm
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently held that seeking to collect compound interest in violation of state usury law results in a misrepresentation of the amount of a debt in material violation of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
21 Dec 2015, 10:33 am
The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri recently granted a debt collector’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, holding an internal account number displayed on the envelope of a demand letter did not violate the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) because it did not reveal the plaintiff was a debtor. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 7:14 am
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of consumers’ claims that a collection letter used false, deceptive, or misleading representations, or otherwise unfair or unconscionable methods to collect a debt, in supposed violation of sections 1692e and 1692f of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
13 May 2010, 5:00 am
Our Waukegan and Wheaton consumer lawyers provide assistance in fair debt collection, consumer fraud and consumer rights cases including in Illinois and throughout the country. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 4:37 am
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is a federal statute that governs every debt collector involved in collecting debts related to personal, home or consumer items. [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 5:39 pm
You may have had them for a fair amount of time, and are worth a lot more to you than just their monetary value. [read post]
6 Feb 2007, 7:24 am
The report is well worth a quick read, and it suggests a fair amount of consumer debt may be medically related. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 6:21 am
Debt collectors are subject to various fair debt collection and credit reporting laws. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 6:21 am
Debt collectors are subject to various fair debt collection and credit reporting laws. [read post]
27 Mar 2015, 8:36 am
The law probably gave my client a right to sue under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act or for violation of the discharge injunction from the bankruptcy case. [read post]
19 May 2016, 9:00 am
Fillie et. al, Docket No. 15-338 (2016), that when a debt-collection firm is hired by the Attorney General to collect debts on behalf of the State, use of the Attorney General’s letter head does not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 12:57 pm
Such debt collection suits are rarely filed as a sworn accounts any more, but that does not mean in will never happen. [read post]
12 Aug 2024, 9:01 pm
That’s fair enough, but why did it find that the state plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the merits, given that SAVE relied on different statutory authority than the program invalidated by the Supreme Court last year relied? [read post]
16 Aug 2016, 11:52 am
Receiving wages for two weeks of work on a full-time job represents a fair amount of money. [read post]
16 Aug 2016, 11:52 am
Receiving wages for two weeks of work on a full-time job represents a fair amount of money. [read post]
24 Mar 2012, 10:23 am
Fair Credit Reporting Act Claims Jones claimed that she filed disputes with credit reporting agencies who in turn provided notice to Wells Fargo that she was disputing the debts. 15 U.S.C. 1681s2(b). [read post]
12 Feb 2012, 6:50 am
All of these practices are illegal under the FTC’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which has been in effect since 1977. [read post]
24 Jun 2012, 7:58 pm
You may either reaffirm the debt (keep paying on the debt and keep the secured item), redeem (pay fair market value for the item secured by the debt), or surrender the item and get rid of the debt. [read post]
