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1 Nov 2010, 9:45 am
That was made vividly clear during the deposition last year of Jay Mills, an employee of a subsidiary of SquareTwo Financial (then known as Collect America), a debt-buying company in Denver. [read post]
26 Jun 2018, 9:44 am
The Great Recession, the CFPB's creation, the rise of debt buying, changes in the debt collection industry, and advances in data collection have encouraged more research recently into issues of access to justice in the context of consumer law and consumer bankruptcy. [read post]
25 Jan 2016, 8:58 am
In the last couple of years, claims against creditors for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) have become a hot item in Bankruptcy Courts. [read post]
11 Dec 2009, 10:01 am
She remembers her husband getting visibly upset when the debt collector called and believes that the harassing phone calls and other debt collection tactics contributed to his death. [read post]
31 May 2012, 2:00 am
Our client alleges that the debt collection agency contacted his father and lied by saying that there was a pending lawsuit against our client. [read post]
3 Feb 2014, 7:26 am
This means that the credit card company and any collection's agencies assigned to the credit card debt are prohibited from attempting to collect on the debt. [read post]
24 Apr 2023, 6:28 am
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) governs debt collection in the United States and prohibits collectors from using certain practices for collections. [read post]
19 May 2010, 10:04 pm
Is a collection agency threatening to sue you on a credit card matter that you owe money on? [read post]
10 Oct 2015, 1:24 pm
The FDCPA provides that a debt collector (including collection attorneys) may only file a debt collection lawsuit on consumer debt in the county where the consumer is residing or where s/he signed the contract sued upon. [read post]
17 Apr 2020, 12:33 pm
Now, in an internal memorandum from Fred Schindler the Director of Headquarters Collection (SBSE), the IRS continues to provide relief to taxpayers with tax debt by suspending most tax collection activities. [read post]
27 Mar 2012, 4:21 am
BLOOMBERG: Obama Relies on Debt Collectors Profiting From Student Loan Woe. “With $67 billion of student loans in default, the Education Department is turning to an army of private debt-collection companies to put the squeeze on borrowers. [read post]
31 Aug 2010, 7:18 am
" This prevents creditors from attempting to collect on any outstanding debts. [read post]
15 Apr 2009, 11:07 pm
One of the worst type of abuses that debt collectors commit is contacting third parties (anyone other than the consumer or the consumer's spouse) to collect the debt. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 12:16 pm
At issue was the practice of “robo-signing” affidavits, in which debt collection agency personnel attested to the accuracy of documents relating to the debts in question without actually reviewing the documentation. [read post]
8 Aug 2014, 5:42 am
"More than half of all debt-collection activity comes from medical bills, according to the Federal Reserve. [read post]
3 Jun 2009, 9:50 am
First, most of these lenders are not considered debt collectors so they are not controlled by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 9:49 am
One of the nation’s largest debt collectors,Portfolio Recovery Associates, has been in the news lately, and this article exposes a hard truth about the collections system: Debt collectors know when your finances improve. [read post]
19 Aug 2013, 5:00 am
Code §§ 1788 et seq.) and the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 11:32 am
But, what do you do when you have serious creditor problems, such as collection calls, collection lawsuits, and/or wage garnishments, but can’t afford to file a chapter 7 bankruptcy? [read post]
5 Aug 2008, 12:43 am
So if you are dealing with Asset Acceptance trying to collect a $1,000 debt that it supposedly owns and you supposedly owe, it paid an average of $40. [read post]
