Sat.Nov 07, 2020

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Supreme Court says Congress must expand debt collection law

Roths Child Law

Congress needs to enact laws expanding consumer protections against abusive debt collection, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in 2017. Tennessee residents may have heard about the case, which involved a class action filed by several people who defaulted on car loans. Defendant debt collector Santander Consumer USA Holdings ultimately prevailed because it was not collecting money on behalf of a third party.