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4 Oct 2014, 12:48 pm
It’s no secret that debt collection companies often target those who can least afford their high interest rates. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 7:56 pm
Any day now you expect to receive a visit from the sheriff with court papers where you’ve been sued to collect past due debts. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 6:25 am
Debt collectors are using social media more and more frequently to try to track down people who owe money, but they are bound by restrictions in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when they do so, just as if they used traditional means. [read post]
9 Jun 2007, 11:07 am
Alabama consumers receive countless calls from debt collectors and collection agencies regarding debts that are supposedly owed. [read post]
21 May 2008, 10:02 am
(re: The DA's debt collection business). [read post]
17 Mar 2023, 10:00 am
Generally, a bankruptcy proceeding acts as a stay on the collection of debt as well as any acts needed to be taken to enforce a debt. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 5:31 am
We are often asked how much debt a law firm should carry. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 2:00 am
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed suit in an effort to shut down PN Financial, permanently prohibit the company from engaging in debt collection in the state, pay restitution to consumers, and pay civil penalties. [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 7:39 pm
Sheryl Schelin makes the intriguing point that: Why You Should File a Debt Collection Abuse Complaint With the FTC One simple reason: the power of numbers. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 5:35 pm
Bankruptcy may not eliminate a debt entirely, but it suspends debt collection in the short run and monitors it carefully as the bankruptcy progresses, so the debtor can pay back some or all of the debt without a form of debtor's prison. [read post]
8 Mar 2014, 3:52 pm
A Texas mortgage initiator in Texaslooked at the credit records of 5,000 applicants and found that 40 percent had medical debt in collection, with the average around $400. [read post]
9 May 2013, 12:15 pm
Once the debt is discharged, the hospital or doctor's office can no longer contact you about the debt (or demand payment, or turn it over to a collection agency, or harass you about it). [read post]
21 Nov 2018, 5:20 am
And many people owe more than that in delinquent Driver-Responsibility surcharges.That's why, earlier this year, both Texas state political parties added platform planks advocating to stop jailing people for unpaid traffic ticket debt, instead sending unpaid bills to commercial collections. [read post]
17 Oct 2019, 1:27 pm
In 2016, Nebraska judges issued an alarmingly high 548 warrants in debt collection suits. [read post]
18 Aug 2012, 2:00 am
In addition, the lawsuit charges that Focus Receivables violated the Texas Debt Collection Act and invaded our client’s privacy. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 7:43 pm
A recent Federal case has suggested that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a debt collector to shield itself from liability for violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) due to a misunderstanding of the law unless it has sought the advice of legal counsel or a governmental agency. [read post]
9 Dec 2010, 9:41 am
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act applies only to "debts," defined 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 has been reduced to judgment. [read post]
7 May 2008, 4:23 am
We recently were asked to present a seminar at the University of Alabama that was attended by consumer lawyers and collection lawyers. [read post]
4 Mar 2011, 11:13 am
When the defendants tried to collect the debt by calling the numbers they were given, they were hit with a class action lawsuit. [read post]
31 Jan 2008, 4:24 am
Answer: The automatic stay is a federal court order that prohibits of any attempts by creditors to contact you or to collect a debt. [read post]
