By Stephen A. Fogdall The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) prohibits a “debt collector” from using any “false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt,” as well as any “unfair or unconscionable means to collect or attempt to collect any debt.” 15 […]
By Stephen A. Fogdall The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) prohibits a “debt collector” from using any “false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt,” as well as any “unfair or unconscionable means to collect or attempt to collect any debt.” 15 […]
By Edward J. Sholinsky Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a news release and Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that signals the Bureau’s intention to broadly exercise its claimed power under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to regulate creditors and debt collectors. Most notably, the Bureau is claiming […]
By Stephen J. Shapiro The Third Circuit, addressing an issue of first impression in the circuit, recently held that debtors who receive communications from debt collectors in the course of bankruptcy proceedings are not barred from pursuing claims alleging that those communications violate the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA). In […]