Jimerson Firm

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) is a pro-consumer statute. Unlike the FDCPA, which only applies to debt collectors, the FCCPA applies to all persons or businesses collecting consumer debts. 17), where an email is sent to a debtor after 9pm and before 8am.

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Jimerson Firm

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Businesses throughout Florida should be aware of consumer statutes that provide remedies to consumers and impose liability to businesses, even for small technical violations. The FDCPA prohibits debt collectors from making false or misleading representations and from engaging in various abusive and unfair practices.

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Troutman Sanders

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

18) of the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA), which makes it unlawful for a debt collector to communicate with a debtor if the debt collector knows that the debtor is represented by an attorney with respect to such debt and has knowledge of, or can readily ascertain, such attorney’s name and address.

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Troutman Sanders

JUNE 28, 2021

The new law limits a collection agency’s ability to collect on medical debt. The proposed amendments include changing the definition of medical debt, allowing medical debtors to initiate contact and make voluntary payments, and preventing certain written communications from being sent via certified mail.

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