Account Recovery

MARCH 20, 2025

Over time, they neglected to pay the maintenance and cable fees for the property, and the homeowners association hired the defendant, a collection law firm, to collect the outstanding fees. Despite the plaintiffs attempts to resolve the situation, including contacting the HOA for payment details, the fees went unpaid.

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BN Lawyers

MARCH 21, 2019

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP, holding that that business engaged solely in non-judicial foreclosure activities are generally exempt from the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. The District Court dismissed the suit on the ground that the law firm was not a “debt collector” as defined in the FDCPA.

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Mich Bankruptcy Blog

APRIL 28, 2019

There’s no doubt that many debt collection practices involve aggressive and unseemly tactics used to collect credit card and other unpaid debts, and, as a result, Congress stepped in to curb these practices by passing the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). Supreme Court.

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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. Similarly, the defendants were not "debt collectors" in Schroyer v.

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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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The McHughes Law Firm

AUGUST 29, 2016

When you work with a debt collection attorney, the majority of funds collected still end up back in your ledger. 5: Debt Collectors Hound Debtors and Make Threats. Debt collection is governed by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act , which has specific guidelines for contacting debtors.

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Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 11, 2021

On December 15, 2020, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided four cases which all dealt with the issue of standing within the context of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). In response, the HOA hired the law firm of Thrasher, Buschmann & Voelkel, P.C. (“TBV”).

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