Category: Debt Collection Harassment and Abuse (FDCPA)

Anyone with credit card debt should never ignore a creditor’s attempts to collect an unpaid debt. The likely result is that in the near future, the creditor will attempt to collect the debt by filing a lawsuit. The creditor will then serve the obligor for the debt (and now the…

One law that protects members of the general public is the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act(“FDCPA”), a Federal law that prohibits a wide variety of harassing and abusive practices by debt collectors. The FDCPA is a powerful tool that our office makes extensive use of in many cases. One clause…