National Service Bureau

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Halloween is right around the corner, so we decided to round up something spectacularly scary: medical debt collection horror stories! This isn’t the first time we’ve featured examples of bad apples, but we wanted to focus on the medical debt collection industry in particular this time. Why is that?

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Jimerson Firm

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) are two pro-consumer statutes. 2015) (holding a plaintiff may recover actual damages for emotional distress, including stress, anxiety, and sleeplessness under the FDCPA and FCCPA); Fini v. 3d 1197, 1211 (M.D.

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Collection Industry News

JULY 4, 2022

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory opinion on June 29, 2022, clarifying its view as to the legality under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) of “convenience fees” for optional methods of expedited payment not prescribed in the underlying loan documents, such as payment by phone or on the web.

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FDCPA Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

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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