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Debt collection refers to the work done to recover balances from credit accounts that are past due. Most commonly, debt collection specifically references third party debt collectors whose clients include banks, credit card issuers and other credit grantors, debt buyers, governments, and any organization that extends credit or owns an account where a balance is due. Collection methods traditionally include phone calls from call center agents, e-mails, and letters, and increasingly, SMS text. If an account remains in arrears after these efforts, the collection agency may contract with a collection attorney to file suit to recover the debt, if the collection agency is not positioned to do so.

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Jury Trial Victory for Debt Collector Despite Denial of Summary Judgment Motion, Class Certification

20 March 2019

FDCPA Violation Contrived by Consumer and Attorney? Doesn't Matter, N.D. Ill. Refuses to Find an “Unclean Hands” Defense for Debt Collector

19 March 2019

IRS PDC Program Continues to Succeed, Collected $130.6 million Through December 2018

14 March 2019

Second Circuit Opinion Repeats Its Prior Ruling on Interest Disclosures Because of Continued Litigation on Already-Decided Issues

14 March 2019

An Inconvenient Truth About Convenience Fees

12 March 2019

Trio of New York Bills Would Extinguish Debt, Require Licensing and Impose Additional Requirements in Collection Litigation

12 March 2019

New Jersey Judges Change Their Minds on 1692g Written Dispute Issues: One Case Dismissed, Another Certified for Interlocutory Appeal

11 March 2019

Should Collectors Change the Validation Notices into Pennsylvania? (Podcast)

7 March 2019

CFPB Publishes its Fall 2018 Semi-Annual Report: Credit Invisibility, Mortgage Shopping, Consumer Complaints, and a Laundry List of Enforcement Actions

27 February 2019

Can the FDCPA’s One-Year Statute of Limitations Be Expanded under the “Discovery Rule”? Supreme Court Will Decide

26 February 2019

U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear Triple-Whammy Case, Circuit Split on Written Dispute Requirement Continues

25 February 2019

Third Circuit Rules Passive Debt Buyers are Debt Collectors, May Be on the Hook for Collection Agency's FDCPA Violations

25 February 2019

E.D.N.Y. Calls Out Disagreement Between Second and Third Circuit, Finds Letter Does Not Limit Disputes Options

21 February 2019

5 Highlights from the FCC's Report on Illegal Robocalls

20 February 2019

iA Video Series: Debt, Privacy, and Third Party Disclosure (Part 2: Real Life Scenario and Solution)

20 February 2019

Compliance With FCRA’s Requirement To Investigate A Dispute Within 30 Days Does Not Satisfy The FDCPA’s Requirement To Promptly Report A Disputed Debt

20 February 2019

Two Court Victories Related to Identifying Creditor in Collection Letters

19 February 2019