Public Citizen

DECEMBER 16, 2021

From a Federal Trade Commission press release : A group of phantom debt collectors will be permanently banned from the debt collection industry and required to surrender the contents of numerous bank and investment accounts under the terms of a settlement  with the Federal Trade Commission.

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Debt Free Colorado

APRIL 1, 2021

That said, let me walk you through all the elements of this particular email that tip it off as a scam: From: Sherrill Green <SherrillGreen@outlook.com> Wait, the prestigious “Webster Law Firm” doesn’t have it’s own domain and you’re using a generic outlook.com account? Attorney at Law?

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Credit Corp

MAY 30, 2023

A judgment is an order issued by a judge or jury to settle a lawsuit. For example, if you fail to pay a debt, the lender can take you to court. In this case, the judge may order you to pay the other party as part of the court’s final judgment. These terms are laid out in the final judgment. What Is a Judgment on Property?

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Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

District Court for the Southern District of California, granting summary judgment in favor of a debt collector in a Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) case. In doing so, it held that a collection letter, which indicated that the debtor could only dispute the underlying debt in writing, violated the FDCPA.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

JUNE 14, 2023

When a debtor owes a creditor money and the creditor is seeking assistance collecting the amount owed, the creditor can either use a collection law firm or a collection agency. Law firms and collection agencies serve the same purpose initially.

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FDCPA Defense

AUGUST 19, 2013

291 (1995), lawyers have known that if they seek to collect consumer debts for clients – even when doing so through litigation – they might qualify as a "debt collector" under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. Click here for more information on what constitutes a "debt" under the FDCPA. Wadas , _ F.3d

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Troutman Sanders

AUGUST 4, 2020

In a recent decision out of the Middle District of Tennessee, a medical provider’s third-party billing servicer did not qualify as a debt collector under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (“FDCPA”) because the debt was not in default when it was placed with the extended billing office.

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Collection Industry News

DECEMBER 21, 2020

According to the Bureau’s Consent Order, the Agency began purchasing and collecting on consumer debt beginning in 2012, and hired debt collection law firms to assist in their collection efforts by suing debtors in 2014.

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Troutman Sanders

JUNE 28, 2022

The creditor referred the account to a law firm, which served the consumer with a collection suit and obtained a default judgment for the balance. The law firm sent four post-judgment collection letters, demanding the $4,225.74 The consumer never made a payment on the judgment.

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Better Credit Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

MBA Law Offices isn’t a name you’ve likely encountered outside of your credit report, but they are a legitimate company. Bluhm and Associates, the small debt collection agency/law firm is located in Texas and collects medical debts across the country. How Does MBA Law Offices/Capio Work?

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Troutman Sanders

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a summary order affirming a district court’s holding that an emailed response to the plaintiff’s email did not constitute an “initial communication” under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA). In Worley v. Simon, Meyrowitz & Meyrowitz, P.C. ,

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Public Citizen

OCTOBER 24, 2020

.  In addition, the Symposium welcomes discussion over the recent decision by the Uniform Law Commission to address debt collection efforts by third-party debt collectors or buyers based on default judgments.    Selected papers are due after the Symposium on June 4, 2021.   

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Collection Industry News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Debt collection means requiring debtors to pay creditors outstanding due or overdue amount or property as obligated by a contract or by a decision of a competent State’s authority. In addition to debt collectors operating under Decree No. Creditors must have a legal basis and a set of evidence debt payment demand.

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Better Credit Blog

APRIL 3, 2022

Portfolio Recovery will buy old debt for pennies on the dollar. By purchasing old debt, Portfolio Recovery becomes the debt collector, gambling that it can collect on the debt and make a profit. When you hear from Portfolio Recovery (or any other debt collector), let the agency know that you know your rights.

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Collection Industry News

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The stipulated final judgment and order will require the defendants to pay $79,308.81 The post CFPB settles lawsuit filed against debt collectors and debt buyers for alleged violations of CFPA, FDCPA, and 2015 consent order appeared first on Collection Industry News. and Asset Acceptance Capital Corp.

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Consumer Financial Services Law

OCTOBER 12, 2016

The Eleventh Circuit recently joined the First and Eighth Circuits in concluding that the FDCPA’s venue provision does not apply to post-judgment garnishment proceedings. Post judgment, the law firm filed a garnishment proceeding against the consumer’s bank seeking to collect on the judgment. 1692i(a)(2).

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Troutman Sanders

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a suit holding that the plaintiff had not suffered a concrete injury, and therefore, lacked standing to assert a claim under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA). Kohn Law Firm, S.C. The bank sold the debt to the defendant creditor.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

JANUARY 13, 2021

As of today, New York does not require licensing for collection agencies or collection law firms. As far as regulations and requirements within New York, the type of debt dictates which rules and regulations apply to debt collectors. Judgment enforcement and more are conducted without state court scrutiny.

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Consumer Financial Services Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

2013), which joined the Fourth and Fifth Circuits in holding that non-judicial foreclosures are “debt collection” under the FDCPA, the Sixth Circuit held on January 11 that a law firm has an affirmative duty to “stop the clock” on an initiated foreclosure once it receives a §1692g(b) dispute from the debtor. Trott Law, P.C.

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Collection Industry News

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently reversed an award of summary judgment in favor of a defendant debt collector against claims that it violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by attempting to collect a debt that was discharged in bankruptcy and no longer owed.

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Indiana Consumer Law Group

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Indiana Consumer Law Group/The Law Office of Robert E. Duff announces the recent filing of a lawsuit against Blatt, Hasenmiller, Liebsker & Moore, LLC, a debt collection law firm based in Chicago, Illinois. Such procedures would slow the conveyor-belt debt collection process to an intolerable degree.

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Collection Industry News

MAY 30, 2022

Upsolve, a nonprofit organization enabling people to file for bankruptcy on their own for free, wanted to create a program that would let non-lawyers give basic advice to New Yorkers facing debt-collection actions from lenders and third-party debt buyers. Volunteers would offer the advice after training, according to court papers.

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Consumer Financial Services Law

MARCH 23, 2021

District Court for the Eastern District of New York recently denied cross-motions for summary judgment on a debtor’s claim that a law firm’s validation notice constituted a meaningful attorney involvement violation of the FDCPA. The disclosure at issue placed the law firm in a somewhat awkward position.

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Consumer Financial Services Law

APRIL 21, 2017

This week the CFPB filed suit in the Northern District of Ohio against Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, an Ohio law firm. The complaint is a continuation of the CFPB’s attack on collection law firms and their level of meaningful involvement. 1692e by not disclosing the true name of the debt collector.

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Collection Industry News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In early 2011, a default judgment was obtained against Barboza. In early 2019, a garnishment action was filed by Pallida in Denton County, Texas to collect on the default judgment. The court also found that the 2010 collection action was filed in the wrong venue and as such, the default judgment was obtained in an improper venue.

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Troutman Sanders

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In early 2011, a default judgment was obtained against Barboza. In early 2019, a garnishment action was filed by Pallida in Denton County, Texas to collect on the default judgment. The court also found that the 2010 collection action was filed in the wrong venue and as such, the default judgment was obtained in an improper venue.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

That’s why it’s important to hire a reputable collection attorney that knows how to collect B2B debt properly. Hire A Law Firm That Specializes In Collecting B2B Debt. If they don’t have an easy time with your debt, they’ll just call the next debtor on their list. Collection agencies aren’t lawyers.

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BN Lawyers

MARCH 21, 2019

Obduskey, a homeowner, sued McCarthy & Holthus, asserting that the law firm had violated the FDCPA when it proceeded with a non-judicial foreclosure prior to responding to a timely request for debt validation under Section 1692g of the FDCPA. The “primary definition” of debt collector being “any person.in

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Collection Industry News

JULY 19, 2021

Fair Credit Reporting Act did not require them to scrutinize sale agreements to determine debt ownership. The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. corporate offices are pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 8, 2017.

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UK debt collections

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

To speed up this process you may choose to hire an experienced French law firm. . Debt collection attorneys in France have a five-step process to establish their plan of action when looking to recover your debtor’s unpaid dues. formal demand letter, interim injunction order).

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Collection Industry News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rodenburg Law Firm is available at: Link to Opinion. Rodenburg Law Firm is available at: Link to Opinion. In Minnesota, a creditor may issue a garnishment summons to any third party “at any time after entry of a money judgment in [a] civil action.” A copy of the opinion in Ojogwu v. Creditor appealed.

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FDCPA Defense

AUGUST 22, 2016

Hollins Law Firm , _F.3d There, the collection law firm defendant communicated with plaintiff on a number of occasions, and each time the firm identified itself as a “debt collector,” as required by section 1692e(11) of the FDCPA. Thank You,” without specifically reciting he was a “debt collector.”

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Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

LPA (Weltman), a law firm tasked with collecting the debt owed by Alina Khimmat, sent information, including Khimmat’s name, address, status as debtor, details of the debt, and other personal information, to a letter vendor hired to assist the firm in collecting the debt.

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Collections Law

JULY 1, 2020

Instead, they will help you collect on the debt by filing a lawsuit against the debtor, seeking and obtaining attachments on the debtor’s assets, and even garnishing their wages post-judgment so that you can get paid for your judgment debt. The Law Offices of Alan M. At the Law Offices of Alan M.

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Collection Industry News

JUNE 1, 2023

Automated debt collection software, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning algorithms have improved efficiency, accuracy, and customer interactions. These technologies enable debt collectors to automate repetitive tasks, streamline workflows, analyze data more effectively, and personalize communication with debtors.

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Collection Industry News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In all but one decision, the debt collector succeeded on either a motion to dismiss or a motion on the merits. Of these 15 decisions: 14 were in New York, 1 was in New Jersey; 12 were decided on a motion to dismiss; 1 was decided on a motion for judgment on the pleadings; and. 2 were decided on motions for summary judgment.

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Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 11, 2021

With these holdings, the Seventh Circuit stated that simply alleging a procedural violation, confusion, or annoyance under the FDCPA does not constitute an injury-in-fact and that plaintiffs need to show real harm resulting from their responses to debt collectors’ actions to have Article III standing in federal court. In Bazile v.

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