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9 Jun 2016, 5:45 pm
There are some debts that will not to be discharged in this form of debt relief. [read post]
14 Dec 2023, 12:49 pm
A new law in New York, which prohibits the furnishing of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency and could create compliance concerns for the debt collection industry, came into effect on Dec. 13. [read post]
4 Aug 2020, 8:33 am
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of consumers’ claims that a debt collector's separate reporting of debts accrued for medical services, rather than aggregated together, violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
15 May 2017, 12:13 pm
In a 5-3 decision handed down on May 15, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is not violated when a debt collector files a proof of claim for a debt subject to the bar of an expired limitations period. [read post]
3 Dec 2015, 5:30 am
The Court of Appeals of Georgia, Second Division, recently held that a debt collector did not violate the federal Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA), holding that even if the alleged misrepresentations in the debt collector’s affidavit were technically false, they were not material and thus failed to state a claim. [read post]
23 Dec 2008, 3:57 pm
First, if the account is beyond the statute of limitations then the debt buyer cannot threaten to sue and cannot actually sue as this violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. [read post]
20 Dec 2010, 3:10 am
A South Jersey woman sued Midland Funding, LLC alleging that it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. 1692, et seq. [read post]
22 Jul 2014, 7:44 pm
The firm collects debts on behalf of credit card issuers and debt buyers, according to reports. [read post]
10 Sep 2019, 8:57 am
Bankruptcy The primary debtor may file for bankruptcy protection before you are able to collect the debt from the cosigner. [read post]
12 Jun 2017, 10:07 am
Creditors cannot collect on the debt by filing a stale claim. [read post]
16 Jul 2014, 8:30 am
This means that after separation, the lending spouse may collect the debt from his or her spouse.Even if a pre-marriage debt between spouses survives marriage, what happens if the marriage lasts longer than the statute of limitations on collections? [read post]
5 Mar 2009, 10:37 am
Yesterday's New York Times had a disturbing article about how successful collection agents "trained in the five stages of grief" are in collecting the debts of the deceased. [read post]
30 Aug 2011, 2:29 am
Update #2 (August 29, 2011): Debts collectors are apparently “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” as far as leaving voice-mails on answer machines in which they identify themselves as debt collectors (or fail to identify themselves as debt … Continue reading ? [read post]
23 Feb 2010, 3:47 am
Consumer Protection Attorney Carmen Dellutri, managing partner of The Dellutri Law Group, P.A. was recently interviewed on NBC about rogue debt collectors who intimidate, harass and break the law attempting to collect consumer debts. [read post]
12 Oct 2013, 8:00 am
Coping with death is difficult enough without the decedent’s creditors calling you for collection. [read post]
10 Oct 2022, 7:23 am
A consumer debt buyer recently agreed to a $12 million settlement to resolve allegations by the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General of a variety of allegedly unlawful debt buying and collection practices. [read post]
10 Jun 2024, 7:03 am
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has been targeting debt collection practices, survives a Supreme Court challenge. [read post]
11 Oct 2016, 12:21 pm
Law firms retained to pursue foreclosure against homeowners are “debt collectors” subject to the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a federal appeals court ruled in a case involving a Baltimore property. [read post]
4 May 2021, 6:27 am
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of debt collectors over claims of purported violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. [read post]
29 Jul 2008, 8:43 am
Recently, a federal appeals court held that debt collection agencies cannot avoid responsibility for abuses by blaming them on creditors.In the case of Reichert v. [read post]
