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13 May 2009, 3:26 pm
When they do this, they should be sued under federal law (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) and state law (invasion of privacy, etc). [read post]
17 Jan 2022, 1:00 pm
In the bulletin, the CFPB cautions debt collectors about the intersection of certain Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) prohibitions and the No Surprises Act. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 3:59 pm
News release: "At a time when many consumers are having trouble paying their debts, the Federal Trade Commission issued its... [read post]
22 Mar 2011, 11:07 am
In the meantime, if you’ve been the victim of illegal debt collection practices, it’s important to contact a fair debt attorney. [read post]
22 Apr 2010, 11:31 am
Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich LPA et al., No. 08-1200 (April 21, 2010), a debt collection law firm asked the high court to decide whether it could use the "bona fide error" defense in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to defend itself from a lawsuit brought over a mistake of law rather than one of fact. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 6:54 am
Under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, one of the numerous restrictions on debt collectors' behavior is a prohibition against misrepresenting themselves as attorneys. [read post]
14 Sep 2010, 6:38 pm
In its 2010 annual report on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the FTC said it received 119,364 complaints about third-party and in-house debt collectors in 2009, up from 104,766 the previous year. [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 9:17 am
Section 1692f(8) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) prohibits the use of any language or symbol, other than the debt collector’s address, on any envelope when communicating with a consumer by mail. [read post]
18 Dec 2020, 9:14 am
The CFPB completed its Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking today with the release of Part II of its final collection rule. [read post]
9 Feb 2008, 12:29 pm
In 2004, NCO agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle charges it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act. [read post]
10 Nov 2008, 5:26 pm
There is also an urgent need to clarify whether synthetic collateralized debt obligations include embedded derivatives. [read post]
27 Dec 2015, 8:00 pm
Serna 15-511 Issue: (1) Whether the one-year statute of limitations for seeking relief under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act begins to run when the offending debt collection suit is first filed, or when it is served; and (2) whether this Court should resolve the split of authority among the circuit courts of appeals and the federal district courts about whether the one-year statute of limitations for seeking relief under the Fair Debt… [read post]
22 Dec 2014, 7:01 am
New York’s new regulations – taking effect on March 3, 2015, and August 30, 2015 – exceed the protections provided by the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the benchmark regulation for consumer debt collection. [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 1:31 pm
Cohen & Slamowitz, LLP, No. 08-1669 In an action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claiming that defendants illegally attempted to collect a debt because they were not licensed to do so in New York, the Court of Appeals certifies the following questions to the New York Court of Appeals: 1) whether defendant [...] [read post]
13 Oct 2007, 10:04 am
As I previously wrote, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (”FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. 1692d makes it unlawful for a debt collector to engage in any conduct the natural consequence of which is to harass, oppress, or abuse any person in connection with the collection of a debt. [read post]
8 Dec 2017, 7:46 am
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act preempted state judgment execution law insofar as it permitted debt collectors to execute on FDCPA claims. [read post]
23 Sep 2021, 2:35 pm
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed judgment in a debt collector’s favor against claims that its efforts to collect attorney’s fees incurred to collect a debt — including the fees incurred in collecting the attorney’s fees — violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 7:22 pm
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits debt collectors from using obscene or profane language or “language the natural consequence of which is to abuse the hearer or reader. [read post]
16 Jun 2020, 9:15 am
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently vacated a summary judgment order against a debtor on her claims against a debt owner and its debt collector for alleged violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because the debtor did not suffer a concrete injury-in-fact traceable to the alleged statutory violations and therefore lacked the required Article III standing. [read post]
26 Jul 2017, 9:25 am
A recent decision from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals examines both the provision of consent under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the bona fide error defense for debt collectors under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
