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26 Apr 2018, 3:00 pm by Aurora Barnes
McCarthy & Holthus LLP 17-1307 Issue: Whether the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act applies to non-judicial foreclosure proceedings. [read post]
22 Apr 2010, 6:07 am by Andy Jones
The high court: The National Law Journal's Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle report on the Supreme Court's Wednesday rulings on attorney fee awards and lawyers' liability for errors in debt-collection cases. [read post]
17 Dec 2019, 11:58 am
Our attorney will collect this information and, based off of it, make a recommendation on what the best avenue is for getting your life back! [read post]
9 May 2016, 5:11 am by Eric Tsai
District Court for the Northern District of California recently held that an amendment to the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) enacted as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 applies to calls made in 2014 “solely to collect a debt owed to or guaranteed by the United States,” and therefore granted […]Eric Tsai [read post]
22 Sep 2023, 8:00 am by Shannon P. Miller
Continuing on its mission to curb abusive collection efforts related to medical debt which began to take life in 2022, the CFPB on Sept. 21 announced its initiation of a rulemaking process to remove medical bills from credit reports entirely. [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 2:33 pm by Pershia Wilkins
From: http://www.admissionsdean.com website: Dear Albany Law School students: Did you know that… “Each year, law students collectively take on millions of dollars in additional debt–in some cases, completely unnecessarily. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 11:16 am
As the economy continues to struggle, the debt collection industry is also trying hard to get money out of your pocket and into theirs. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 4:00 pm
Question:My ex-wife and I broke our apartment lease when we separated and owe several thousand dollars to the property manager that should be treated as a marital debt.Our divorce decree did not address this debt, and now the collections company is coming after me to satisfy this obligation. [read post]
22 Jul 2019, 9:27 am by Jeffrey Karek
In determining the legal standard for holding a creditor in civil contempt for attempting to collect a debt in violation of a bankruptcy discharge order, the Supreme Court of the United States adopted an “objectively reasonable” standard, and held that a court may hold a… Jeffrey Karek [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 8:33 am by Don Maurice
A QR code visible on the face of an envelope embedded with an account number violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, according to a recent decision from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. [read post]
9 May 2012, 4:00 am by Seth Leventhal
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) has been around since 1977 when it was signed into law by Jimmy Carter on September 20, which just happens to be the very day that Fonzie first jumped the shark. [read post]
16 Aug 2019, 5:31 am by Eric Tsai
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a claim under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act holding that an FDCPA violation occurs, for the purposes of the FDCPA’s one year statute of limitations, when an individual is injured… Eric Tsai [read post]
11 Aug 2022, 12:49 am by Rebecca C. Morgan Stetson Law
Kaiser Health News: Nursing Homes are suing friends and family of residents to collect debts. [read post]
14 Aug 2013, 6:09 am by Legal Profession
The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department accepted the resignation of an attorney in the wake of other proceedings: Respondent co-founded and operated Credit Collections Defense Network (CCDN), an entity which purportedly offered debt relief services and... [read post]
20 Nov 2017, 4:09 am by Legal Profession Prof
In a matter involving his own debt Representing both himself and his wife, Hafter informed collection counsel that all of their possessions that may otherwise... [read post]
23 Apr 2021, 6:42 am by Brent Yarborough
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision holding that the transmittal of consumer information to a letter vendor constitutes a communication with an unauthorized third party in connection with the collection of a debt in violation of 15 U.S.C. [read post]
19 Jun 2016, 7:24 pm by Patrick Kane
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that the discovery rule applies equally regardless of the nature of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) violation alleged by a plaintiff. [read post]
12 Sep 2014, 4:05 am by Paul Caron
Collectively, US law schools still managed to graduate 46,364 new lawyers... [read post]