Collection Industry News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently held that a debt collector did not violate the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) where it unintentionally sent a valid debt collection communication to a non-debtor. A collection firm obtained a default judgment over a debtor named “William J. Wagner, Jr.” Wagner, Jr.,”

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FDCPA Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

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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FDCPA Defense

JANUARY 22, 2017

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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