West Virginia Law Exploits Debt Collection Harassment Loophole
Debt collection industry trade group ACA International reports that the governor of West Virginia has signed into law legislation that treats unanswered debt collection calls differently than answered...
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CFPB Ineffective in Obtaining Financial Relief for Victims of Debt Collection...
Lemberg Law issued the following press release today: APRIL 22, 2015 – STAMFORD, CT – After analyzing data on debt collection complaints collected in 2014 by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,...
View ArticleGreen Tree Servicing to Settle with FTC and CFPB for $63 Million
The Federal Trade Commission announced that Green Tree Servicing would settle with the FTC and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for $63 million. A lawsuit filed by the regulatory agencies...
View ArticleAppellate Court Rules that Non-Collector Law Firms are Subject to FDCPA
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s decision and set a precedent by ruling that a consumer can file a claim under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) against...
View ArticleNew York AG Settles with Debt Buyer Asta Funding
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently announced a settlement with debt buyer Asta Funding (NASDAQ:ASFI) that vacates more than 300 judgments against New York consumers. The judgments,...
View ArticleCharged a Payment Processing Fee by a Debt Collector? It’s Likely an FDCPA...
Have you ever been charged extra money to make a payment? A retailer who gives a discount to customers paying cash (as opposed to paying with a credit card) is charging extra money. So is a university...
View ArticleDebt Collection Convenience Fees: Quinteros v. MBI Associates
Yesterday, we introduced the topic of so-called “convenience fees” charged by debt collection agencies, and why such fees can violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Today, we’ll look...
View ArticleDebt Collection Convenience Fees: CFPB Findings and Consumer Redress
Over the past two days, we’ve discussed so-called “convenience fees” that are charged during the process of debt collection. Today, we’ll talk about the findings of the Consumer Financial Protection...
View ArticleLemberg Law Study Finds Fair Debt Collection Laws Thwarted by Judicial Fee...
Lemberg Law issued the following press release today: Lemberg Law has released a new study that examines whether judicial activism has a chilling effect on consumers’ ability to exercise their right to...
View ArticleJury Awards $83 Million to Victim of Portfolio Recovery Associates Abuse
KCUR reports that a jury has awarded a Kansas City woman $83 million in her debt collection abuse case against Portfolio Recovery Associates. PRA had sued the woman, Maria Guadalupe Mejia, even though...
View ArticleCFPB Orders Debt Collection Agency Central Financial Control to Pay $5.4 million
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it ordered Syndicated Office Systems (dba Central Financial Control) to pay consumers $5.4 million, and to pay a fine of $500,000. The debt...
View ArticleLemberg Law StopCollector.com Scholarship Rules and Conditions
The complete rules for the Lemberg Law StopCollector Scholarship are below. Questions regarding the scholarship can be directed to scholarship (at) lembergnews (dot) com. 1. Eligibility: The Lemberg...
View ArticleLemberg Law StopCollector.com Scholarship
Consumer law firm Lemberg Law is excited to offer scholarships to students who are inspired to learn more about consumer law issues and to further their education. Get Creative! We want to award a...
View ArticleCFPB Goes after JPMorgan Chase for Zombie Debt Collection
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with 47 states’ Attorneys General and the District of Columbia, ordered JPMorgan Chase to stop collecting on, suing for, or selling 528,000...
View ArticleAtlantic Credit and Finance: From Our Case Files
On behalf of our client, Lemberg Law recently filed a complaint in U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, against Atlantic Credit and Finance. Our client had a Citibank debt, and alleges...
View ArticleLemberg Law StopCollector.com Scholarship Awarded to Iowa Student
The Lemberg Law StopCollector.com Scholarship has been awarded to Ty Stewart, a high school senior from Cincinnati, Iowa. Ty hopes to enroll in the pre-law program at Northwest Missouri State...
View ArticleWestlake Services and Wilshire Consumer Credit Settle Ordered to Pay $48 Million
On October 1, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered Westlake Services and Wilshire Consumer Credit to pay $48 million for engaging in illegal debt collection tactics, for...
View ArticleNavy Federal Credit Union: Debt Collection through Cell Phone Robocalling?
Debt collectors are certainly allowed to go about their business, but they’re not allowed to cross the line. That’s why there are laws that protect consumers against debt collector harassment and...
View ArticleHealthcare Revenue Recovery Group Named in Debt Harassment Suit
Many of us have different phones for different purposes. For example, we may have a home phone for personal calls and a cell phone for business calls, or vice versa. We generally expect callers to...
View ArticleLemberg Law “Stop Debt Collection Harassment” Scholarship Rules and Conditions
The complete rules for the Lemberg Law Lemon Justice Scholarship are below. Questions regarding the scholarship can be directed to scholar (at) lembergjustice.com. 1. Eligibility: The Lemberg Law Stop...
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