Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Debt Collectors Serve A Purpose, Even To People Who Owe Money

03/18/13

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Consumer protection lawyers like me are wrongfully trained to hate all debt collectors.

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Eleventh Circuit: No Such Thing as a “Harmless” Debt Collection Lie

04/06/12

Debt Collectors Cannot Use False or Misleading Statements to Collect a Debt Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), a debt collector is prohibited from using false or misleading statements in order to collect a debt. A new decision out of the 11th circuit, reminds us that this rule is to be taken literally [...]

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