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Companies Illegally Collecting on Student Loans Discharged in Bankruptcy: CFPB

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Florida Bankruptcy Court Sanctions Debt Buyer for Seeking to Collect Debt that Consumer Failed to Schedule in Bankruptcy Case

Troutman Sanders

The debt purchaser in In re McIntosh argued that because it was enforcing a debt that was not listed correctly on the debtor’s bankruptcy schedules, it was entitled to assume the debt had not been discharged. As background, in 2002, the debtor and her then-spouse jointly filed a “no asset” Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition.

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Judge Denies Defendant’s Motion in FDCPA Bankruptcy Case

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A District Court judge in Florida has denied a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case for allegedly disregarded cease-and-desist letters sent by an individual after receiving text messages and collection letters from the defendant while the individual had a pending bankruptcy petition.

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iQor Files for Bankruptcy Protection

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Collection operation and contact center business-process outsourcing provider iQor filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday, seeking approval of a pre-packaged plan that would provide the company with $130 million of funding to reorganize itself and continue operating.

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Don’t wait to collect that unpaid debt-7 reasons why your business is not be getting paid

American Profit Recovery

Many organizations we encounter have waited far too long to implement a solid debt collection program. Because of this, many businesses suffer negative cash flow and these issues could have been prevented by being proactive with their collection activities. And that includes bankruptcy.

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CFPB Denies Petition in Student Loan BK Collection Discharge Investigation

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has denied a petition from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency to set aside a civll investigative demand into whether the servicer maintained adequate policies and procedures to determine whether loans were dischargeable in bankruptcy and if attempts were made to collect on loans that had been (..)

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Judge Awards $25k in Sanctions Against Collection Law Firm for Attempting to Collect on Discharged Debt

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A bankruptcy court judge in Virginia has ordered a collection law firm to pay $25,000 in attorney’s fees to the plaintiffs for violating the discharge of a judgment through bankruptcy by sending a payoff letter to the plaintiffs after the plaintiff requested it. A copy of the ruling in the case of Skaggs v.

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