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2 Jul 2007, 6:50 am
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act gives the consumer the right to tell a third party [...] [read post]
7th Cir. Rules Dispute Sent Through Wrong Channel Gave Rise to Valid FDCPA ‘Bona Fide’ Error Defense
19 Oct 2023, 12:16 pm
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a debt collector asserting a bona fide error defense to an action under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 12:00 pm
In an extraordinary March 5 opinion, Aiken departed from the particulars of a student debt collections case... [read post]
4 Sep 2018, 5:33 am
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that the plaintiff carries the burden of proving the debt collector’s net worth to obtain statutory damages in a class action under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. [read post]
8 Nov 2018, 5:52 am
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a plaintiff’s oral testimony that a $100 payment was demanded of her in violation of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) was insufficient to withstand summary judgment where the debt collector defendant… Jeffrey Karek [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 11:42 am
A primary issue before the Court is whether the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is violated by the filing in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy case of a proof of claim representing a debt subject to an expired limitations period. [read post]
22 Dec 2007, 8:28 pm
Bankruptcy Code imposes an automatic stay against the collection of all debts. [read post]
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]
29 May 2012, 7:56 am
It may depend on how much is owed on the account but in many cases, creditors look to collect [...] [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]
12 Sep 2011, 6:03 pm
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) defines “debt” as : “any obligation or alleged obligation of a consumer to pay money arising out of a transaction in which the money, property, insurance, or services which are the subject of the transaction are primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, whether or not such obligation [...] [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 8:48 am
As we posted earlier, the Pennsylvania AG recently announced a civil suit seeking to put an end to one debt collector's manner of using Pennsylvania's filial support law to collect certain medical debts. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 12:47 pm
It is a federal law that lays out what a collection agency must do when it attempts to collect on a debt, and what constitutes a violation thereof. [read post]
7 Mar 2020, 9:53 am
California law on debt collection finally has teeth. [read post]
27 Jun 2007, 2:01 am
in 2006, farmed out the collection of certain delinquent federal income tax debts from the IRS to private companies.The PCA program was started because the IRS simply didn't have the resources to police collections adequately-- a persistent problem ever since Congress held McCarthy-style hearings in the late 1990s on the supposed excesses of IRS collections agents. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 2:33 pm
Also, they have special enforcement powers to collect their debt. [read post]
20 Sep 2012, 11:53 am
This communication is from a debt collection agency. [read post]
30 Aug 2022, 6:41 pm
Contact Our Cook County Debt Collection Lawyers If you are a creditor who is owed money by a debtor, our Chicago creditors' rights attorneys can help you understand your options for collecting the debt. [read post]
22 Mar 2010, 7:20 am
When the collectors start calling, about debt, and are hounding you every day about how exactly you are likely to pay back the debt and you say you do not have the cash, these people will try to contact other people around you in order to collect that debt. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 4:29 pm
The FDCPA does not define "in connection with the collection of any debt. [read post]
