When Is A Lawyer Or Law Firm "Regularly" Collecting Debts Under The FDCPA?
FDCPA Defense
AUGUST 19, 2013
Beginning in 1995, when the Supreme Court issued Heintz v. Jenkins , 514 U.S. 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. § 1692 et. seq. ("FDCPA). But how often must a lawyer or a law firm engage in consumer debt collection activities before they are subject to the Act?
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