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26 May 2007, 8:38 pm
Brett Weiss has an excellent post summarizing how the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act can be used to stop harassment from collection agencies or debt collectors. [read post]
12 Aug 2011, 9:26 am
InsideARM is a debt collection industry publication. [read post]
21 May 2014, 6:16 pm
., a doctor) or by a third-party debt collection agency that has purchased the debt or been contracted to collect it. [read post]
5 Jul 2008, 12:40 am
Unlike the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, for example, which defines "debt collector" to exclude an employee of the creditor collecting debts owed to the creditor, California’s Rosenthal Act defines “debt collector” more broadly as one who collects debts “on behalf of himself or herself or others. [read post]
2 Jan 2025, 7:20 pm
But 15 million Americans still have medical debt in collections, and most debt balances remain on credit reports. [read post]
26 Oct 2021, 1:42 pm
IRS Debt Collection Debt collection by the Internal Revenue Service is different from that of a general creditor. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 5:06 am
Many commentators believe that the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act creates more questions than it solved when it was passed into law. [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 9:29 am
The consumer, and her employer, made repeated attempts to tell the debt collection law firm it was attempting to collect the debt from the wrong person. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 7:44 am
A Zombie debt is one that shouldn't be collectable. [read post]
28 Apr 2022, 6:58 am
Nearly half of medical debt collection complaints involved attempts to collect a debt the individual said was not owed. [read post]
21 May 2012, 1:39 pm
Collection agencies permitted to do business within North Carolina must not engage in certain types of conduct when attempting to collect debt. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 5:56 am
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a collection letter sent to collect a time-barred debt that makes a “settlement offer” to accept payment “in settlement of” the debt could potentially violate the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s (FDCPA) general prohibition against “any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means Read more → Jeffrey Karek [read post]
7 Apr 2021, 2:10 pm
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently reversed a trial court’s dismissal of allegations that the defendant violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by sending a collection letter threatening litigation over a time-barred or "out-of-statute" debt and filing a lawsuit seeking to collect the debt. [read post]
7 Jun 2007, 6:09 am
Congratulations to Charlie Crist, Florida’s new governor, for taking on a debt collector who is attempting to collect debts illegally. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 7:45 am
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed entry of summary judgment against a consumer debtor who claimed that a collection letter’s language, implying that interest or other charges (which the debt collector did not collect on debts referred to it by the creditor and were not referenced in the subject credit agreement) could accrue in the event of a default, violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
29 Jun 2018, 2:00 am
National Taxpayer Advocate Blog, One Year Later, The IRS Has Not Adjusted Its Private Debt Collection Initiative To Minimize Harm To Vulnerable Taxpayers: Since the IRS implemented the private debt collection (PDC) initiative last year, I have been concerned that taxpayers whose debts are assigned to private collection agencies (PCAs)... [read post]
3 Jul 2020, 2:17 pm
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held that a debt collection verification letter, which sought to collect interest on a credit card debt for months after the time when the bank that issued the card did not send monthly statements, was not "false" and would not have misled their attorney in violation of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 7:52 am
The agencies will receive a portion of the fees collected, so they will try to collect more than the debt owed, in order to cover its initial investment, and they may be more aggressive with the debtor because they need to recoup their costs.The auction-site owners say that they have safeguards in place to protect patients from abuse, such as recording the telephone conversations and getting permission from the hospital before suing a patient. [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 8:05 pm
The debt buyer purchased time-barred debts owed to health clubs, and then the debt collection agency sent 40,000 California consumers letters in an attempt to collect those debts. [read post]
7 May 2010, 6:00 am
The action is the latest in Attorney General Cuomo's ongoing probe into unlawful debt collection practices. [read post]
