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Sixth Circuit Examines Who is a Debt Collector for Purposes of FDCPA Section 1692(f)(6)

Consumer Financial Services Law

By Anna Claire Turpin The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently explored the limitations of Section 1692(f)(6) and held that a property preservation and maintenance company was not a debt collector for purposes of that section. 1692f(6) by dispossessing her of her personal property when there was no legal right to possession.

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What is the Difference Between the FDCPA and the FCCPA?

Jimerson Firm

To better understand the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, I’ve broken it down into three discernable parts: 1) Elements of a cause of action under the FDCPA. The FDCPA prohibits debt collectors from making false or misleading representations and from engaging in various abusive and unfair practices. Bank of Am. ,

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Domesticating and Enforcing Your Foreign Judgments With a Massachusetts Collections Attorney

Collections Law

Though it is their legal right, they can manipulate them to delay the debt payment process. Pre-judgment attachments such as bank attachments, real estate attachments and reach and apply attachments, to name but a few, are equally available even before you have a judgment. It is important to note that in Massachusetts.