Subject to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibition against harassment and the statute of limitations, they can continue to collect the...

Do collection activities pertaining to a court ordered judgment qualify under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act?

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act generally applies to persons who "regularly" collect or attempt to collect (a) delinquent consumer-purpose...

You are not personally liable for a spouse's debts. Assets in your name are not subject to seizure unless they were placed in your name by a...

This is actually a difficult area of the law, depending on such facts as whether you were living together, whether the medical treatment was...

POST DISCLOSURE - BEFORE MEDIATION: Fighting local attorney representing huge JUNK DEBT buyer for old alleged credit card debt.

Most debt buyers cannot present competent evidence of the debt, their ownership of the debt, or the amount of the debt. The consumer is well...

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I heard that a debt buyer cant charge interest on a charged off credit card, is this true?

We represented the plaintiff in the McDonald case, which was filed in federal court under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The case held...

Junk debt buyer asking to mail him a $2000 check as a settlement

Do not assume that junk debt buyers claiming to own old debts actually own them. In many cases, they do not. Debt buyers can rarely prove...