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Credit Corp
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Knowing illegal debt collection practices can help identify when you’re being treated unfairly. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is a federal law that protects consumers against certain unfair collection practices. It applies to only external or third-party debt collectors and only for personal debts.
Credit Corp
JUNE 1, 2023
When you default on a payment, the company you owe may sell your debt to a third-party collection agency. When this happens, it means your debt has gone to collections and debt collectors from the collection agency will now try to contact you for payment. How Does Collections Debt Affect Your Credit Score?
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Troutman Sanders
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
For debt collectors, the most notable exemption in the NPRM is allowing commercial calls made to a residence that do not involve telemarketing and use an artificial or pre-recorded voice. The FCC is proposing to create two categories of calls – informational calls and transactional calls.
Troutman Sanders
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Greenspoon Marder LLP , Judge Vazquez of the District Court for the District of New Jersey granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) claim in part and dismissed it in part. ” The court analyzed each of the plaintiff’s contentions in turn.
Troutman Sanders
DECEMBER 19, 2023
On December 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) denied Coinbase’s Petition for Rulemaking, which was submitted to the SEC on July 20, 2022, as “currently unwarranted.” On December 13, by a vote of 4-1, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules aimed at “closing the ‘lead generator’ robocall/robotexts loophole.”
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