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24 Nov 2010, 7:37 am
Can a civil law suit be initiated to collect from the owner of the Raleigh business rather than [...] [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 2:00 am
Another requirement of the FDCPA is that debt collection agencies can’t contact third parties in order to collect on a debt (except to locate a consumer), or tell a third party about the consumer’s debt. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 2:00 am
The lawsuit charges that Co-operative Adjustment Bureau violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by contacting a third party for a purpose other than to confirm or correct location information; by engaging in harassing behavior; by using false, deceptive, or misleading representation in connection with debt collection; by misrepresenting the status of a debt; by threatening garnishment; and by failing to inform our client that communication… [read post]
18 Apr 2011, 10:30 am
(To learn more about time-barred debts, and what that means for collection of the debt, read Nolo's article Time-Barred Debts: When Collectors Cannot Sue You for Unpaid Debts.) [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 10:14 pm
Here you will find a discussion of issues relevant to collection agencies, creditors, and debt collection attorneys practicing in commercial, consumer, and medical collections in the State of Florida. [read post]
26 Jun 2006, 12:01 pm
Collection Industry reports reports that "Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced that his office has filed a lawsuit against a debt collection company alleged to have engaged in illegal and abusive practices to coerce payment on time-barred or unverified debts.. [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 8:53 am
Collecting on those debts has spawned a huge collection industry that is cashing in on Americans - both young and old. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 7:52 am
However, many state debt collection statutes (such as the Connecticut statute) require debt collectors to comply with the FDCPA. [read post]
11 May 2009, 5:58 am
This case holds good news for debt collection lawyers. [read post]
15 Mar 2021, 12:03 pm
The Ninth Circuit noted that its holding was consistent with the CFPB’s final debt collection rule which adopted a strict liability standard for time-barred debt collection lawsuits. [read post]
10 May 2009, 11:10 pm
The Michigan Collection Law Blog has posted an article about "outrageous debt collectors' actions. [read post]
26 Feb 2013, 12:47 pm
Hard costs would include attorney’s fees that have been paid to the law firm to collect on the debt. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 5:02 pm
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that very tightly regulates what a collection agency can and can't do in their attempts to collect on a debt. [read post]
11 Apr 2010, 10:53 pm
Collection agencies buy debts from organizations like banks for a fraction of the debt's value and then pursue full payment from the debtor. [read post]
4 Aug 2010, 8:11 pm
When we think about who the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is designed to protect we don't normally think of . . . debt collectors. [read post]
4 Oct 2016, 1:04 pm
§1692g(a) for “a debt collector” to send a validation notice either in “the initial communication” or “[w]ithin five days after the initial communication with a consumer in connection with the collection of any debt” not only applies to the first debt collector that contacts a consumer to collect a particular debt, but also applies to subsequent debt collectors that communicate with the… [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 10:00 am
However, creditors can attempt to collect from your cosigner for business debts. [read post]
9 Jun 2012, 2:00 am
Our client alleges that, even though she’d given Northland Group her attorney’s contact information and asked them to stop calling her, the debt collection agency continued to call her in an attempt to collect the debt. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 11:12 am
You should send a certified letter to the collection agency requesting a detailed itemized statement, UB-04 coding abstract for hospital debts or CMS-1500 detailed statement for insurance provider debts.The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act states that you have the right to demand that the debt collector stop further contact until these documents are produced. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 3:12 pm
As reported in debt collection industry publication InsideARM, StopCollector’s Sergei Lemberg was named the “most active consumer attorney” for the second half of July. [read post]
