Day: July 8, 2014

Last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) publicized it was rewriting the rules governing the debt collection industry.  In light of its announcement the Bureau requested input from the people who matter most, the consumers, and compiled a list of the responses that it planned to use in drafting the new laws. At the forefront of its concerns, consumers…

When you think about cases under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), the statute enacted to protect consumers from violations occurring when attempting to collect a debt, you most likely think about situations when a collector is calling to collect a debt you do not actually owe.  However, the reality is the FDCPA and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act…