Collection Industry News

JUNE 12, 2023

This documentation can serve as crucial evidence in case legal action becomes necessary. Know Your Legal Rights and Limitations: Familiarize yourself with local and national laws governing debt collection practices. Understand the rights and protections afforded to debtors, as well as your own rights as a creditor.

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Roths Child Law

JANUARY 28, 2022

Gaining a better understanding of your legal rights when struggling with debt will help you to get back on your feet. If you are facing financial hardship you should remember that you are not on your own. There is a way to get through it and rebuild your life.

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Roths Child Law

AUGUST 6, 2021

Understanding this process as well as your legal rights in Tennessee is a crucial endeavor. Nevertheless, it has been used by millions to improve their financial situation. Comparing the advantages and disadvantages of Chapter 7 and 13 allows you to make an informed decision about what to do next.

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Debt Free Colorado

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

You have rights to help you gain control over your debt collection interactions. To learn more about pursuing your legal rights, contact your state’s local consumer agency. Because it is more limited than the federal FDCPA, the CFDCPA gives consumers stronger legal protection in several aspects.

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Troutman Sanders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra remarked that “Americans have limited legal rights they can use to keep tabs on these surveillance companies,” and touted this list as a tool for holding consumer reporting companies accountable.

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Price Meese

MAY 29, 2020

This webinar will address the basic legal rights of children under IDEA and New Jersey regulations in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Karen Edler, Esq.

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Collection Industry News

JANUARY 13, 2021

A Christmas Eve decision from the Northern District of California addressed an important and recurring issue in the TCPAWorld: Whether the Hobbs Act requires a district court to accept the FCC Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau’s (the “Bureau’s”) legal interpretation of the TCPA. McKesson Corp. 13-cv-02219-HSG, 2020 U.S.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

APRIL 6, 2021

While the underlying agreement or contract may seem straightforward, you need to do a thorough evaluation to make sure you aren’t waiving your legal rights by signing the contract. The clauses therein make perfect sense, and, because you want to do the deal, you do not question their inclusion in the agreement.

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Roths Child Law

AUGUST 6, 2021

Understanding this process as well as your legal rights in Tennessee is a crucial endeavor. Nevertheless, it has been used by millions to improve their financial situation. Comparing the advantages and disadvantages of Chapter 7 and 13 allows you to make an informed decision about what to do next.

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Jimerson Firm

JANUARY 26, 2023

From a legal perspective, the term “NIL” generally refers to an individual’s legal right to control the usage of their name, image, or likeness.

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Collections Law

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Add waiver clauses Similar to the legal disclaimers, a waiver can ease your path for reviewing credit, limiting the extension of credit and collecting on unpaid debt. Simply stated, a waiver clause voluntarily gives up the applicant’s legal right or privilege. A waiver must be clearly written.

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Troutman Sanders

JUNE 30, 2021

The court also found the plaintiffs suffered actual damages in the amount of $40 in out-of-pocket costs that they “paid for parking and gas” in “consulting with an attorney to determine their legal rights and responsibilities,” and then trebled that amount under the WCAA and WCPA for an award of $120.

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Consumer Financial Services Law

MAY 1, 2020

1692f(6) by dispossessing her of her personal property when there was no legal right to possession. 1692f(6) by dispossessing her of her property when there was no legal right to possession. In Thompson, the consumer alleged that Defendant, a property preservation and maintenance company, violated 15 U.S.C.

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Jimerson Firm

DECEMBER 16, 2021

4th DCA 2017) (the right to enforce a deed restriction or restrictive covenant was made for the benefit of the party seeking to enforce it). A successor in interest to the grantor of a warranty deed has a clear legal right to enforce a deed restriction. City of West Palm Beach, 232 So. 3d 401 (Fla. WCI Communities, Inc. ,

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Jimerson Firm

DECEMBER 14, 2021

9), which prohibits a person from attempting or threatening to enforce a debt it knows is not legitimate or asserting some other legal right it knows does not exist. Had actual knowledge that the right did not exist. One example of a prohibited practice is provided in Section 559.72(9), Bank Nat’l Ass’n, 245 F. 2017); § 559.72(9),

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Troutman Sanders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Further, although the Ninth Circuit held that the extraneous information regarding Walker’s legal rights should have been provided in a separate document, it noted that the information appeared to have been included “in good faith.” Accordingly, the violation was not willful.

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Collection Industry News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The FTC has no legal right to do this, unlike the DOL, National Labor Relations Board and various state and local agencies. Those terms, however, help make the gig economy efficient and thus easy to work within or use. Particularly troubling is that the statement, taken seriously, would transform the FTC into a labor market regulator.

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Taurus Collect

MAY 18, 2023

So, if you find yourself in a collections dispute, document everything to safeguard your legal rights. By doing so, you can protect yourself from potentially harmful situations and ensure you have all information to defend yourself if the need arises. About Us Taurus Collections (UK) Ltd.

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Public Citizen

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

marketplace – against which they have virtually no legal rights or remedies.   “The relentless corporate assault on the rule of law has deeply damaged Americans’ confidence in the legal system, a development with dire implications for U.S.   And it sounds an urgent call to action. The

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Collection Industry News

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The Agency’s misrepresentation to debtors that they had a legal right to recover the debts owed forms the basis of the Bureau’s Consent Order.

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Fraser

JULY 29, 2021

Despite social media “memes” and misinformation recently circulating suggesting the opposite, inquiring about a customer’s vaccination status is not a HIPAA violation or a violation of constitutional rights. Generally, and subject again to worker disability law protections, employers have the legal right to require mask wearing onsite.

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Sawin & Shea

AUGUST 24, 2020

The company does not tell you your legal rights or tell you about free options you can take on your own. How do you avoid falling victim to a scam? What are the warning signs? The company wants you to pay a fee to repair your credit before they do so.

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FFGN COLLECT NY

AUGUST 16, 2020

It’s important to understand your legal rights and options if you are being pursued as a guarantor of a business line of credit. The possible loan contemplated by securing a line of credit “just in case” could end up costing the business borrower and the guarantor far more than either may have anticipated.

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Taurus Collect

MAY 11, 2023

It’s crucial to follow the proper legal procedures when dealing with non-paying tenants to ensure that your actions are within the bounds of the law. It’s also recommended to seek legal advice and support to navigate through this process smoothly without infringing on the legal rights of your tenants.

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Direct Recovery

JUNE 24, 2020

However, if there is no judgment in place, a commercial debt collector has no legal right to collect any portion of the stimulus check. In a situation where a standing judgment exists, it is possible for the person holding that judgment to garnish a portion of the debtor’s stimulus check. Money Collected Must Be Returned.

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ABI

JANUARY 20, 2020

16] Additionally, even if the reorganization plan bound the creditor to sell its acquired property to the debtor, the debtor implicitly waived its ability to enforce that right by its failure to respond to the creditor’s attempts to complete a contract for sale. [17] and any creditor. or general partner in the debtor.” [18] v Advance Mech.

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Credit Corp

MARCH 1, 2023

Contact an Attorney If after sending a letter to your mortgage servicer or providing the tax authority with the necessary documentation you still haven’t resolved the issue, it may be time to seek legal assistance. Contacting a lawyer can help you learn more about your legal rights pertaining to escrow accounts.

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Jimerson Firm

JANUARY 27, 2023

From a legal perspective, the term “NIL” generally refers to an individual’s legal right to control the usage of their name, image, or likeness.

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Troutman Sanders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

with a legal right to pursue eviction or possessory action, shall not evict any covered person from any residential property in any jurisdiction to which this Order applies[.]” The Order is effective nationwide through December 31, 2020 and creates the most wide-spread COVID-19 eviction moratorium to date.

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Fraser

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this Order a residential landlord or other entity with a legal right to evict is prevented from evicting “any covered person from any residential property in any jurisdiction to which this Order applies.” This “other person with a legal right to pursue.

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Collection Industry News

APRIL 2, 2021

Evicting tenants in violation of the CDC, state, or local moratoria, or evicting or threatening to evict them without apprising them of their legal rights under such moratoria, may violate prohibitions against deceptive and unfair practices, including under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act.

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The Kaplan Group

APRIL 12, 2021

In the USA, typically, you will not have the legal right to recover collection costs or attorney fees unless there is a signed written agreement with this provision. Just having this provision on your invoices is not necessarily enough.

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Credit Corp

AUGUST 16, 2021

The Truth in Lending Act is the federal law that gives consumers the legal right to dispute credit card charges if there is a billing error, which includes when property or services are not delivered to the consumer as agreed. What happens when you dispute a charge Can a merchant try to collect Tips for avoiding future issues.

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Indiana Consumer Law Group

JANUARY 3, 2018

The lawsuit alleges that agents of Tri-Force breached the peace when they attempted to repossess a vehicle from our client and then, when our client physically resisted the repossession (as was his legal right to do), engaged the police to coerce our client to relinquish possession of the vehicle and thereby accomplish the wrongful repossession.

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Credit Corp

JUNE 1, 2023

Deception: They can’t lie about their identity, how much you owe, your legal rights, or any other form of deception. Harass or abuse : Collection agencies can’t yell at you, threaten violence, or use obscene language.

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Burr Forman

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Should you discover any issues, Burr’s cybersecurity team is available to help you assess your legal rights and obligations arising from the presence of the vulnerability, the activation of the vulnerability or a data breach arising from compromise of your systems.

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Debt Recoveries

JUNE 1, 2021

Your terms should state that you will add your fees, charges, interest and/or legal fees after a certain time period. ?However, However, you are going to want to make sure that you are well within your legal right to do so before adding the charges.

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