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How to Stop Capio Partners

Debt Collection Answers

Capio Partners is one such agency that focuses on debt collection in the medical field. This is especially relevant due to multiple consumer complaints alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) against this agency. This company may also collect other types of debt.

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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. 8:13-CV-00567-T-27AEP, 2014 WL 55016, at *2 (M.D. 3:13-CV-163-J-39PDB, 2014 WL 2987702, at *2 (M.D. July 2, 2014). Accredited Collection Agency Inc. , No.

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11th Cir. Reiterates That TILA Periodic Statements May Violate FDCPA

Collection Industry News

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently held that periodic statements required by the federal Truth in Lending Act may violate the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act if they are not truthful and fair. Source: site. A copy of the opinion in Lamirand, et al v. to be paid in one year.

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Trends In FDCPA Litigation Filed Against HOA Attorneys

FDCPA Defense

Attorneys who regularly engage in collection work for community associations have increasingly become targets for lawsuits filed by professional consumer attorneys under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA” or “the Act”), 15 U.S.C. Ayesh, 2014 WL 2603890 (D. and analogous state laws. See, e.g., Berg v.

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Emerging Trends In FDCPA Litigation Against Community Association Attorneys

FDCPA Defense

Attorneys and other entities that regularly engage in collection work for community associations may be subject to the requirements of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. as well as analogous state laws governing the consumer collection process. The issue in Ho v. at 571-72 (citations omitted).

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Searching For The Meaning Of “Meaningful Involvement”

FDCPA Defense

Grappling with the meaning of the so-called “meaningful involvement” doctrine is one of the most elusive and frustrating compliance challenges for collection attorneys and their clients. What exactly must a collection attorney do to ensure they are “meaningfully involved” in a file before sending a collection letter to a consumer?

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Why The CFPB's Position On Time-Barred Debt Is Bad For Consumers

FDCPA Defense

The CFPB and the FTC have forcefully argued that debt collectors should make an affirmative disclosure to consumers when they are seeking to collect debts that cannot be judicially enforced, and that the failure to make this disclosure may violate the FDCPA. I thought it was important for consumers to repay their debts.