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Why Buffalo is a hub for illegal debt collectors

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Some companies buy old debt, collect what they can on it, and then – instead of canceling the debt, which they are supposed to do – they just sell the list of debtors to another company,” Morrissey said. But like many debtors, debt collection kingpins have been elusive when it comes to paying what they owe.

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Emerging Trends In FDCPA Litigation Against Community Association Attorneys

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as well as analogous state laws governing the consumer collection process. One line of cases creates a duty to disclose to the debtor that the amount of the debt may be increasing due to accruing interest, fees or other charges. Riexinger & Associates, LLC , 817 F.3d 3d 72 (2d Cir. 2016) and Carlin v. Davidson Fink LLP , 852 F.3d

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Debt Collectors Are Thriving This Year – And Now They’re Filing Even More Suits

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Investors didn’t even show much concern when, in early September, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Encore, saying that it had broken the terms of a consent agreement struck in 2015. The company is currently not seeking new orders to seize debtors’ wages or bank account funds, she said. cents on the dollar for each account.

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For Attorneys Representing Community Associations: A Primer On FDCPA Class Actions And How To Avoid Them

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You will also want to evaluate all third party interactions that your firm engages in, such as contacts with relatives of the debtor, co-workers, interactions with consumer reporting agencies, and the procedures of the vendors that your firm employs, such as process servers. Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit , 2015 WL 74069 (N.D. Falcon , 457 U.S.

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Fifth Circuit: District Court Improperly Referred Bankruptcy Appeal To Magistrate Judge For Final Determination

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Bankruptcy judges are technically authorized under Article I, which governs the legislative branch and authorizes the establishment of a uniform system of federal bankruptcy laws. 1932 (2015) (parties may consent to a bankruptcy court’s jurisdiction); Richer v. 2015) (noting that “implied consent is good enough”).