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28 Dec 2021, 3:05 pm by Stefanie Jackman
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has published a notice on its website concerning delays that debt collectors and buyers seeking to comply with the new licensing requirement in the state’s Debt Collection Licensing Act are currently experiencing. [read post]
17 May 2012, 10:29 am by slemberg
Enhanced Recovery Company, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals found that a debt collection agency that uses an autodialer to call cell phones is in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act unless the person currently holding the phone number has given consent to be called. [read post]
19 May 2014, 6:55 am by Stefanie Jackman
Further, this oversampling diminishes the experiences of consumers who may have different debt collection experiences where they were able to come current or otherwise resolve their account. [read post]
17 Aug 2015, 9:56 am by John L. Culhane, Jr.
”  In the brief, the CFPB and FTC argue that the “meaningful attorney involvement” standard that has been applied to debt collection letters should apply equally to debt collection complaints. [read post]
20 Jul 2022, 10:33 am by Lisa Lanham
  Advertising or otherwise offering the service of debt collection for remuneration constitutes engaging in the business of debt collection. [read post]
28 May 2021, 12:02 pm by Patrick A. Malone
Big hospitals and health systems  seem to have a knack for kicking patients when they’re already down, as recent news stories suggest, reporting on how they gouge the sick and injured in ways small  (parking fees that add up) and big (draconian medical-debt collection campaigns). [read post]
17 Apr 2013, 1:17 pm by Steve Harms
Debt collection really begins when you first sign on your client or customer! [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 8:53 am by Molly Foley-Healy
    Note: 3rd party purchasers of an association’s debt or lien must also adopt this Collection Policy and comply with the terms of it prior to taking action to foreclose on the lien or collect on the debt. [read post]
28 Feb 2014, 12:48 am by Sean Hayes
_____info@ipglegal.com Similar Posts: Garnishing Wages in Korea: Collection of Debts in Korea Debt Collection Cases in Korea on the Rise: Buyers and Sellers Beware How Foreign Companies and Individuals can Collect Debts from Debtors in South Korea? [read post]
30 May 2025, 7:42 am by David Baumann
(GCI) threatened consumers with jail time, lawsuits, and wage garnishments to pressure them into paying debts they did not owe, the FTC entered into a stipulated order with GCI and its owner, Kenneth Redon III, to permanently ban them from the debt collection industry. [read post]
25 Oct 2021, 7:09 am by Jenna Tersteegen
The Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, recently held that judgments obtained by an unlicensed debt buyer were not void, and that the debtors' claims for unjust enrichment and money damages under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act (MCPA) and the Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act (MCDCA) were subject to Maryland's general three-year statute of limitations. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 7:48 am
  The Court rejected these arguments and stated, among other things, that Defendants satisfied the FDCPA definition of "debt collector" in that they used "any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the collection of any debts" and they regularly collected or attempted to collect "directly or indirectly, debts owed or due or asserted to be owed or due… [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 7:49 am by Don Petersen
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) provides that : “a debt collector may not use any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt” including “the false representation or implication that a debt collector operates or is employed by a consumer reporting agency …” FDCPA, Title 15 [...] [read post]
2 Jan 2016, 7:37 pm by Dione Patillo
The Massachusetts District Attorney is seeking civil penalties from a law firm accused of collecting debts that are inaccurate or with incomplete information. [read post]
1 Nov 2012, 12:47 pm by Ken Laino
Debt collection companies will come under federal supervision beginning in January when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau begins its oversight of large collection agencies. [read post]
1 Nov 2012, 8:30 am
The debt collection company then tries to collect as much of the debt as possible. [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 6:07 am
The ACCC and ASIC remain concerned about ongoing reports of harassment and coercion, and other problems in relation to debt collection practices. [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 2:29 pm by John Richards
Often, large debt-collection companies will buy debts from original creditors – essentially buying the right to collect the debt. [read post]