Fair debt collection / Robert J. Hobbs, April Kuehnhoff ; contributing authors: Andrea Bopp Stark, O. Randolph Bragg, Emily Green Caplan, Carolyn Carter, Charles Delbaum, Joanne S. Faulkner, Richard Rubin, Steve Sharpe, Jonathan Sheldon, Geoffry Walsh.

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"Fair Debt Collection is the definitive treatise on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), providing all the tools a practitioner needs to recover actual and statutory damages and attorney fees for both individual and class action cases. The treatise is fully updated, analyzing new CFPB Reg...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Consumer credit and sales legal practice series.
Main Authors: Hobbs, Robert J. (Author)
Kuehnhoff, April (Author)
Stark, Andrea Bopp (Author)
Bragg, O. Randolph (Author)
Caplan, Emily Green (Author)
Carter, Carolyn L. (Author)
Delbaum, Charles (Author)
Faulkner, Joanne S., 1938- (Author)
Rubin, Richard (Richard J.) (Author)
Sharpe, Steven (Steven Raymond) (Author)
Sheldon, Jonathan A. (Author)
Walsh, Geoff (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Consumer Law Center (Issuing body)
United States
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : National Consumer Law Center, [2022]
Edition:Tenth edition.
Series:Consumer credit and sales legal practice series.
Subjects:
Collection laws > United States.
Collection agencies > Law and legislation > United States.
United States. > Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Consumer credit > Law and legislation > United States.
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (United States)
Collection agencies > Law and legislation.
Collection laws.
Consumer credit > Law and legislation.
United States.
Online Access:
(NCLC Digital Library (companion website))
NCLC Digital Library
Physical Description:xxxviii, 1,018 pages ; 28 cm.
Online version available via NCLC Digital Library.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Overview of initial steps in bringing an FDCPA case
  • Overview of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
  • Coverage and definitions, FDCPA [Section] 1692a
  • FDCPA [Sections] 1692b, 1692c : collector communications with consumers and third parties
  • Harassing, oppressive, or abusive conduct : FDCPA [Section] 1692d
  • FDCPA [Section] 1692e : false, deceptive, or misleading
  • FDCPA [Section] 1692f : unfair or unconscionable collections
  • Validation notices, disputes, and verification, FDCPA [Section] 1692g
  • FDCPA [Sections] 1692h, 1692i, 1692j : applying payments; distant forum abuse; false impression of debt collector involvement
  • FDCPA litigation and remedies
  • Debt collectors' defenses and counterclaims
  • Bankruptcy and affirmative claims arising from debt collection
  • Other federal claims
  • Tort remedies
  • Other state remedies
  • Appendix A. Text of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
  • Appendix B. CFPB regulations and interpretations
  • Appendix C. FTC interpretations of the FDCPA
  • Appendix D. Summary of state debt collection statutes
  • Appendix E. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case summaries
  • Appendix F. The FDCPA case connector, practice tools, pleadings, primary sources
  • Appendix G. Abbreviations commonly used by collectors
  • Appendix H. Debt collection on the web