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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act—Hope on the Horizon for Debt Collectors?

by Joseph Guarino, Patrick Lucignani | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 4/10/2013

Debt collection is big business—easily a multibillion-dollar industry. In 2012, approximately 30 million individuals, or 14 percent of American adults, had debt (averaging about $1,500) that was or had been subject to the...more

CFPB Issues Second Annual Report on FDCPA Activities

by John L. Culhane, Jr., Stefanie Jackman, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Heather Klein, Glen Trudel, Christopher J. Willis | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/27/2013

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s second annual report to Congress on enforcement of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) confirms that debt collection will continue to be a major CFPB focus in 2013....more

The Debt Collection Industry And The CFPB: The Beginning Of A Supervisory Relationship And Specific Concerns For Attorneys

by Zachary Miller, Frank Springfield | Burr & Forman on 3/25/2013

Originally Published in ABA's Business Law Today - March 2013. Prior to the enactment and implementation of Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act (Pub. L. No. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2011)), the actions of the nation's large...more

Mortgage Banking Update - March 21, 2013

by Richard J. Andreano, Jr., Stefanie Jackman, Bruce Johnson, Anthony Kaye, Barbara S. Mishkin, Allison Mollenhauer, Amy Mushahwar, Burt M. Rublin, Trevor Salter, Matthew Saunig, more +John D. Socknat, Mercedes Kelley Tunstall, Abran Vigil, Michael S. Waldron, Shane Jasmine Young | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/21/2013

In This Issue: - Uniform State Test Implementation Nearing - Mortgage Servicer's Alleged Failure To Be Licensed Subjects Company to Claims under State and Federal Debt Collection Statutes - Sixth Circuit...more