2017 11 Debt collector Related Topics 
Consumer Financial Services Law
OCTOBER 17, 2017
An unpublished opinion from the Eleventh Circuit continues its analysis of the definition of a debt collector and continues to narrow the applicability of the FDCPA. 3d 1309 (11 th Cir. 2015) was one of the first opinions to parse the definition of a debt collector under 15 U.S.C. LEXIS 19750 (11 th Cir.
Collection Industry News
JUNE 14, 2021
Ciffa’s offices in Niagara Falls and Kenmore, debt collectors intimidated their victims with illegal threats of arrests and lawsuits. According to federal prosecutors, an elderly cancer patient in Texas was so rattled by the threats that she borrowed $500 from her sister to help pay off a debt of $1,285. Source: site.
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Roths Child Law
NOVEMBER 7, 2020
Congress needs to enact laws expanding consumer protections against abusive debt collection, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in 2017. Defendant debt collector Santander Consumer USA Holdings ultimately prevailed because it was not collecting money on behalf of a third party. As written, the U.S.
Consumer Financial Services Law
OCTOBER 2, 2017
Credit Control, LLC, 2017 U.S. LEXIS 18375 (11 th Cir. Sept, 22, 2017), the debt collector left a message which stated: This is Credit Control calling with a message. This call is from a debt collector. The debt collector moved to dismiss relying, in part, on Zortman v, J.C. Hart at *2.
Consumer Financial Services Law
OCTOBER 16, 2017
By Zachary Dunn October 16, 2017 The FDCPA, through section 1692d(6), prohibits a debt collector from placing telephone calls to a debtor “without meaningful disclosure of the caller’s identity.” Van Ru Credit , 2017 U.S. See Johnson v. Riddle , 443 F.3d 3d 723, 727-28 (10th Cir. 1692d(6). In Berry v. LEXIS 164266 (D.
Consumer Financial Services Law
JANUARY 3, 2018
By Zachary Dunn The FDCPA prohibits a debt collector from using “any false, deceptive, or misleading representation” in connection with the collection of a debt. 30, 2017), the plaintiff, Fatema Islam, failed to pay the balance due on her credit card with Bank of America, N.A., See 15 U.S.C. In Islam v. Recovery Serv.
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. 1692d, 1692e, 1692f.
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