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27 Feb 2009, 9:09 am
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed changes to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) that could have a major impact on the debt collection industry, including increasing damages for FDCPA suits, restricting collectors from calling mobile phones or texting, and laying out specific criteria for information in a debt validation notice. [read post]
17 May 2011, 6:10 am
Sorry, but I still find it hard to believe that any collection agency would go so far to collect debts or that stressed, debt overwhelmed people would have no time to check on the facts and legality of this process service, court date, court appearance, and capture of assets. [read post]
8 May 2009, 7:29 pm
And if you are threatened, that is a debt collection violation. [read post]
19 Jun 2020, 10:29 am
The FDCPA broadly governs debt collection practices and sets forth certain prohibited acts, including prohibiting debt collectors from taking or threatening to take any nonjudicial action to effect dispossession or disablement of property if there is no present right to possession of the property claimed as collateral through an enforceable security interest. [read post]
19 Jun 2020, 10:29 am
The FDCPA broadly governs debt collection practices and sets forth certain prohibited acts, including prohibiting debt collectors from taking or threatening to take any nonjudicial action to effect dispossession or disablement of property if there is no present right to possession of the property claimed as collateral through an enforceable security interest. [read post]
22 Apr 2010, 11:31 am
Back in January, our Rialto debt collection abuse lawyers wrote about oral arguments in a Supreme Court case asking whether collection agencies may claim a good faith defense when they make mistakes of law. [read post]
18 Jul 2010, 7:55 pm
The long awaited Secrets of a Debt Collection Lawyer, How to Survive A Debt Crisis, Collection Agencies and Law Suits, Practical Advice, Tips, Techniques & Tricks, Forms and Guides is almost finished and will be published this week. [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 10:04 am
Typically, these claims either are too old to collect on, or the debt scavenger attempting to collect simply is not allowed to collect because they didn’t properly purchase the claim. [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 12:03 pm
This past year, 158 lawsuits were filed against collection agencies and credit bureaus for violations of the Fair Debt Collection... [read post]
9 Nov 2017, 10:23 am
Since I worked as in-house counsel for a debt collection agency prior to joining Barker Martin, I find I am uniquely situated to provide input on whether to turn a particular account over to a collections attorney or to collections agency to recover the delinquent amounts owed to an Association. [read post]
28 Jun 2008, 1:58 am
Pretty simple stuff, actually - if a debt is discharged, nobody can collect from you for ever and ever, amen. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 6:00 am
ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES FELONY CHARGES AGAINST OWNER OF DEBT COLLECTION COMPANY THAT TARGETED MILITARY PERSONNEL Cuomo also files civil suit to shut down company Actions part of industry-wide investigation into abusive debt collection companies Yesterday, Attorney General Andrew M. [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 12:10 pm
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed a lower court’s ruling that the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) didn’t apply a debt collection agency’s communication with a consumer’s attorney. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 10:41 am
Source: Collections & Credit Risk, "Legislation Would Limit Credit Score Impact Of Medical Debt," 7/5/2011 [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 3:00 pm
More specifically, the New Mexico Attorney General just released a rule requiring debt collectors to determine whether a debt is time-barred and to disclose this fact when collecting time-barred debt in New Mexico. [read post]
10 Feb 2010, 3:10 pm
First, debt collectors are notorious for trying to collect money that can’t be legally collected. [read post]
18 Aug 2022, 5:15 am
Maryland Court of Appeals Consumer Protection; Maryland Consumer Loan Law: Although a law firm engaged in debt collection activities on behalf of a client, including the preparation of a promissory note containing a confessed judgment clause and filing of a confessed judgment complaint to collect a consumer debt, it was not subject to the provisions ... [read post]
20 Aug 2020, 9:45 am
District Court for the District of New Jersey has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss a putative statewide class action complaint that alleged that the defendant violated Section e(10) of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which prohibits the “use of any false representation or deceptive means to collect or attempt... [read post]
21 Oct 2007, 12:04 am
This is very popular way to collect consumer debts in Massachusetts. [read post]
20 Jan 2008, 6:53 am
The creditor continues trying to collect a debt that is fifteen years old. [read post]
