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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

The CFPB is clearly signaling that the practice of withholding transcripts as a debt collection tactic does not make much sense to the Bureau, stating: “It is particularly perplexing, as it can undermine rather than enhance a student’s likelihood of repaying.” For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On December 15, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, along with the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, released revised procedures for how its examiners will investigate financial institutions for Fair Debt Collection Practices Act compliance, incorporating Regulation F changes into their review.

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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. Collection Services, Inc. See Baumann v. Prober & Raphael , No.

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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. Are You Engaged In “Debt Collection” Under The FDCPA? LLC , 704 F.3d

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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. 2017), petition for cert. 21, 2017) (No.

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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?