http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/07/02/the-fair-debt-collection-practices-act-fdcpa-2/ Real Lawyers, Real Solutions Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:34:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/07/02/the-fair-debt-collection-practices-act-fdcpa-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19540 Can I Be Responsible For My Uncle’s Debts? : Bankruptcy Law Network - Real Lawyers, Real Solutions Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:33:18 +0000 http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/07/01/the-fair-debt-collection-practices-act-fdcpa-2/#comment-19540 [...] colleague Jed Berliner discusses the FDCPA in an informative post on this blog.   If you think that you may have a cause of action under the FDCPA, you should discuss your [...] [...] colleague Jed Berliner discusses the FDCPA in an informative post on this blog.   If you think that you may have a cause of action under the FDCPA, you should discuss your [...]

]]> http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/07/02/the-fair-debt-collection-practices-act-fdcpa-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7718 Why Consumers Are Paying Credit Card Debts Before Their HELOCs at Bankruptcy Law Network - Real Lawyers, Real Solutions Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:08:35 +0000 http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2007/07/01/the-fair-debt-collection-practices-act-fdcpa-2/#comment-7718 [...] First of all, anyone past due on credit card debts knows that collection agencies will aggressively browbeat in an attempt to squeeze pennies out of debtors. People will pay an abusive collector money at the expense of keeping secured debt, like a home equity line of credit, current. Collection agencies are governed by the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and collectors frequently engage in activity prohibited by the law, even posing as law enforcement or attorneys. More increasingly, such agencies have come under fire from states’ Attorney Generals’ offices, most recently Florida. [...] [...] First of all, anyone past due on credit card debts knows that collection agencies will aggressively browbeat in an attempt to squeeze pennies out of debtors. People will pay an abusive collector money at the expense of keeping secured debt, like a home equity line of credit, current. Collection agencies are governed by the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and collectors frequently engage in activity prohibited by the law, even posing as law enforcement or attorneys. More increasingly, such agencies have come under fire from states’ Attorney Generals’ offices, most recently Florida. [...]

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