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13 Jan 2022, 11:38 am by Stefanie Jackman
  The CFPB alleges that both debt collectors who collected debts on the Corporate Defendants’ behalf and debt collectors to whom the Corporate Defendants sold debts used deceptive collection tactics, including false threats of lawsuits, arrest, and jail, and false statements about credit reporting. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 12:25 pm by Jason Ostendorf
Motz), allowed a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) claim to proceed against a law firm that attempted to collect a debt after the debt had been discharged in bankruptcy. [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 6:50 am
If you have filed a bankruptcy in Jacksonville and have had debts discharged in the Florida bankruptcy court, a creditor cannot make an attempt to collect on that debt. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 12:48 pm
Attempting to collect on a debt before a lawsuit and legal judgment would be illegal -- because it would be attempting to collect on a debt that does not exist. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 1:05 pm by Taras Rudnitsky
After applying our knowledge of state and federal cases, statutes and court rules, we were able to have the debt collection lawsuit dismissed for our client. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 12:16 pm
Additionally, NCO has agreed to change its collection practices to comply with state and federal debt collection laws. [read post]
5 Sep 2017, 8:45 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky
  Part II of the debt collection rulemaking will cover the subject of collecting the right amount from the right consumer. [read post]
21 May 2008, 10:36 pm
This is in response to consumer complaints about harassment from the debt collection practices of that business. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 3:00 am by Larry Bodine
Guest author, Billy Patterson provides us with this post about promoting fair debt collection law firms. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 11:33 am
The specific laws that regulate collection agencies are the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 11:33 am
The specific laws that regulate collection agencies are the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
20 Dec 2010, 5:05 am by Joseph Mullaney
”  Medical debt collection is problematic for both the debt collector and the consumer because privacy laws often do not permit the review of medical records to determine how an alleged debt arose. [read post]
23 May 2007, 4:15 am
The House Ways Means Committee holds a hearing today on The IRS's Use of Private Debt Collection Companies to Collect Federal Income Taxes. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 11:26 am by Stefanie Jackman
  The Massachusetts AG also clarified in the guidance that first-party service providers collecting on behalf of creditors in the creditor’s name are subject to the emergency regulation’s call restriction but creditors collecting their own debts, in their own names, and using their own employees are not. [read post]
15 Apr 2014, 3:22 pm by Jon Gelman
 A revision to the Farm Bill passed in 2008 lifted the statute of limitations “applicable to collection of debt by administrative offset. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 6:46 am by Gary Nitzkin
  Make medical debt an even more regulated collection activity by applying the FDCPA rules to anyone collecting such debt. [read post]
21 Jul 2009, 9:32 pm
We believe that arbitration can play a major role in consumer debt collection disputes. [read post]