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What Are “Actual Damages” Under the FCCPA and the FDCPA?

Jimerson Firm

The Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) are two pro-consumer statutes. 6:15-CV-1951-ORL-40GJK, 2017 WL 10350673, at *3 (M.D. Accredited Collection Agency Inc. , No. See Baumann v. Prober & Raphael , No. See, e.g., Lane v.

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Searching For The Meaning Of “Meaningful Involvement”

FDCPA Defense

If you have read the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. For example, in Clomon the defendant, an attorney, was a part-time general counsel of a collection agency. The agency mailed nearly 270,000 similar letters each year – roughly 1062 each working day. 2017-CFPB-0003 (“Order”) para.