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Filing a Proof of Claim in Bankruptcy: What You Need to Know

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

A creditor with a claim must often take affirmative action by filing a “proof of claim” form in order to preserve and protect its rights to payment. Even when a claim is scheduled, and assuming there are no reasons not to (see below), a creditor may choose to file a claim to guard against a debtor modifying or removing its scheduled claim.

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Eleventh Circuit Reaffirms its Prior Ruling that Debt Collectors who File Time-Barred Proofs of Claim are Subject to Liability Under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, and Further Concludes its Holding does not Place the FDCPA in Conflict with the B

The Creditors Rights

AUGUST 2, 2016

However, the court agreed it left unanswered in Crawford an additional question: whether the Bankruptcy Code preempts the FDCPA when creditors misbehave in bankruptcy. The court continued its analysis by stating a the Bankruptcy Code contemplates that creditors may file unenforceable claims. Travelers Cas. & Gas & Elec.

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Filing a Proof of Claim in Bankruptcy: What You Need to Know

Eleventh Circuit Reaffirms its Prior Ruling that Debt Collectors who File Time-Barred Proofs of Claim are Subject to Liability Under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, and Further Concludes its Holding does not Place the FDCPA in Conflict with the B

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