Search: Debt Collection (84 found)

Written by Gary D. Nitzkin
As a business owner or manger, you are responsible for managing your company’s receivables. When you need help collecting on your receivables, you have two basic choices: you can turn the receivables over to a collection agency or you can turn them over to an attorney. There are a few factors tha
Posted 16 days ago in Debt Collection. Jurisdiction: Federal

Written by Max L Rosenberg
A short guide to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and your rights under this federal law.
37 of 39 users found this helpful. Posted 11 months ago in Debt Collection. Jurisdiction: Federal

Written by Jeffrey Scott Hyslip
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that regulates how collection agencies must behave while collecting debts. If debt collectors are calling friends and family members (or other third parties not liable on the account) the agencies may have violated federal law.
11 of 15 users found this helpful. Posted 8 months ago in Debt Collection. Jurisdiction: Federal

Written by Stanley Duane Lockhart
A Summary of What will Get Debt Collectors in Trouble (15 USC 1692)
Posted about 1 month ago in Bankruptcy / Debt. Jurisdiction: Federal

Written by Avvo Staff
If you successfully sue someone but still haven't been paid despite your best efforts, you may want to consider a debt collection case.
4 of 7 users found this helpful. Posted about 1 year ago in Debt Collection.

Written by Avvo Staff
Know your rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act if you are contacted by debt collectors, and don't allow them to threaten or abuse you.
16 of 19 users found this helpful. Posted about 1 year ago in Debt Collection.

Written by Ivan Paul Cohen
Debtors are by law, protected against abusive or unfair conduct by creditors. Creditors can be liable for collection torts if they are overly aggressive in their collection activities.
1 of 2 users found this helpful. Posted 9 months ago in Debt Collection. Jurisdiction: California

Written by Michael J. Helfand
Basically, there are two ways for an attorney to charge his or her clients: hourly or on a contingency basis. This guide explains how attorneys charge for debt collection cases.
Posted 6 months ago in Debt Collection. Jurisdiction: Illinois

Written by Jeffrey L Smoot
Debt collection practices in Washington are regulated by several state and federal privacy laws that limit a debt collector’s ability to obtain and use consumer credit reports and other personal information.
Posted 4 months ago in Debt Collection. Jurisdiction: Washington

Written by Gary D. Nitzkin
There are several pitfalls that frequently get a business owner into trouble. While these are easily avoidable, the consequences of falling victim to these pitfalls can be expensive. Read on and avoid becoming a victim.
Posted 16 days ago in Debt Collection. Jurisdiction: Federal

Written by Peter Francis Geraci
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is a federal law passed to protect consumers from unfair and oppressive collection practices. Threats, calling your neighbors and relatives, and other unfair practices are prohibited.
3 of 3 users found this helpful. Posted about 1 year ago in Bankruptcy / Debt. Jurisdiction: Federal

Written by Guy Piers Coburn
If your business deals with Consumers and ever has to collect debts from those consumers, then you need to be aware of Debt Collection Laws. Simply, the law is unfair and can cost you thousands for the smallest violation. This guide is written under Florida Law.
1 of 2 users found this helpful. Posted 11 months ago in Debt / Lending Agreements. Jurisdiction: Florida

Written by Daniel Eliot DeWoskin
There is an unfortunate epidemic in this country of debt buyers purchasing old credit card debt and pursuing collection in illegal, unethical, and unprofessional ways.
5 of 7 users found this helpful. Posted 12 months ago in Credit Repair. Jurisdiction: Federal

Written by Ronald Anthony Sarno
Recently the New York Attorney General has initiated a state wide assault on phony debt settlement companies and debt collection companies which have brazenly violated the Federal and State Fair Collection Act. The Attorney General has provided consumers with both critical information and action.
2 of 3 users found this helpful. Posted about 1 month ago in Bankruptcy / Debt. Jurisdiction: New York

Written by Ronald Anthony Sarno
A continuation of the first legal guide on what is illegal debt settlement and debt collection in NY. This follows the New York Attorney General's summary of what is proper and improper in debt collection, legal process, recent state legal action on consumer suits, how to file a consumer complaint
Posted 7 months ago in Bankruptcy / Debt. Jurisdiction: New York

Written by Timothy P. Smith
the Federal Fair Debt Collection Pratices Act and the Michigan Collection Practices act provide parameters within which debtors and creditors must operate to keep the process fair to all involved.
Posted 6 months ago in Bankruptcy / Debt. Jurisdiction: Michigan

Written by Peter Francis Geraci
State and federal law limit how long a creditor has to collect a debt
17 of 18 users found this helpful. Posted about 1 year ago in Bankruptcy / Debt.

Written by Jon L Gelman
A recent article in Mother Jones reports upon the adverse consequences of Medicare's aggressive debt collection practices upon the aging population.
0 of 1 users found this helpful. Posted 4 months ago in Employment / Labor. Jurisdiction: Federal

Written by Richard S. Jaffe
Has a debt collector ever contacted you about a debt that you weren’t sure was yours? Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a federal law regulating debt collectors, you can request the debt collector to send proof of the debt. This process is called debt validation.
Posted about 1 month ago in Debt Collection.

Written by Samuel John Glover
Why and how to record phone calls with debt collectors.
1 of 1 users found this helpful. Posted about 1 year ago in Debt Collection.