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Law Firm's Garnishment Activities Do Not Violate FDCPA

Consumer Financial Services Law

Palisades Acquisition XVI, LLC, 635 F. The case arose from the law firm’s post judgment efforts to garnish wages. After serving a garnishment summons, the consumer claimed the funds as exempt. The defendants then made four additional attempts to garnish funds. See, e.g., Hemmingsen v. Messerli & Kramer, 674 F.3d

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New York District Court Approves Class Action in FDCPA Case Alleging Improper Debt Assignment Notification

Troutman Sanders

Palisades Acquisition XVI, LLC , the plaintiff incurred a credit card debt, which was later assigned to a new creditor. In 2007, the new creditor commenced an action to recover the debt and obtained a default judgment against the plaintiff. The default judgment was later assigned to Palisades Acquisition. In McCrobie v.

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How to Stop DNF Associates, LLC

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A default judgment enables DNF Associates, LLC to seize your bank account, garnish your wages, and take other damaging legal actions against you. This agency specializes in acquiring defaulted consumer debts from the original creditors, such as credit card companies and banks. Your counterclaim against them might be legitimate.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Another revision makes it mandatory for hospitals seeking to garnish a patient’s wages or bank accounts to include with the summons and complaint initiating such action an “affidavit of expert review” making various certifications.

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A giant US hospital chain says it’s leading the fight against medical debt. Not all patients agree

Collection Industry News

At the same time, many health systems, such as Advocate Health, have pursued aggressivemerger and acquisition campaignsthat researchers and lawsuits contend have reduced competition and patient choice in nearly every region of the US. Under North Carolina law, a debt judgment is issued by the court when a creditor successfully sues a debtor.