FDCPA

Five groups have filed amicus briefs with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the defendant-appellee in Hunstein...

When a collector is informed that a consumer is being represented by an attorney, there are not many exceptions allowing...

Congress made a mistake when it drafted Section 1692c(b) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which prohibits communicating information...

In a case that is emblematic of the type of debt collection cases now finding their way into state courts...

When is a communication from a debt collector not an attempt to collect a debt? If it says so in...

Statutory penalties under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act should be tied to inflation...

Companies that collect medical debt were put on notice yesterday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to make sure that...

A District Court judge in Ohio has granted a defendant's motion to set aside a default and default judgment that...

The National Consumer Law Center has published a guide of the key legal rulings related to the Fair Debt Collection...

A debt buyer that was sued yesterday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a statement that it intends...