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Why Every Lawyer And Client Should Be Fighting To Stop The "Meaningful Attorney Involvement" Doctrine From Spreading

FDCPA Defense

The “meaningful attorney involvement” doctrine evolved out of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. the “FDCPA”). You can read the entire FDCPA from front to back, however, and you will not find the term “meaningful attorney involvement” defined or even mentioned anywhere in the statute. 1692, et seq.

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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. FDCPA”), from beginning to end, you are probably still looking for the phrase “meaningful involvement.” For example, in Clomon the defendant, an attorney, was a part-time general counsel of a collection agency. 1692, et seq. Avila, 84 F.3d

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The CFPB's Plans For The Collection Industry

FDCPA Defense

If you are a collection professional working for a creditor, debt buyer, collection agency or collection law firm, and you have not yet added the website for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to the favorites on your web browser, it is high time that you do so.

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The Limits On Direct And Vicarious Liability Under The FDCPA

FDCPA Defense

Courts have recognized that shareholders, officers or employees of a corporate debt collector may not be directly liable under the FDCPA, unless the plaintiff can meet the strict requirements necessary to pierce the corporate veil. See, e.g., White v. Goodman , 200 F.3d 3d 1016, 1019 (7th Cir. 3d 1507, 1516 (9th Cir.

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Will You Know A “Dispute” When You See It?

FDCPA Defense

See Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, CFPB Annual Report 2015. The CFPB has also imposed new requirements for handling disputed debts in recent enforcement proceedings. The CFPB also required Encore to notify the collection agencies and law firms it retains whenever a debt has been previously disputed by the consumer.