Early in the morning on July 28, 2016, in coordination with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (the “Bureau”) field hearing on debt collection being held the same day in Sacramento, California, the Bureau released a...more
7/29/2016
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Debt Buyers ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDCPA ,
Limited English Proficiency (LEP) ,
Notification Requirements ,
Third-Party Service Provider
In Hernandez v. Williams, Zinman & Parham PC, No. 14-15672, — F.3d –, 2016 WL 3913445 (9th Cir. July 20, 2016), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that each subsequent debt collector is required to send a § 1692g(a)...more
In Davidson v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., a case closely followed by the financial services industry and handled by Burr & Forman, LLP, the Eleventh Circuit held that an entity collecting a debt that was acquired after...more
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich LPA, 559 U.S. 573 (2010), it is clear that the bona fide error defense set forth in section 1692k(c) of the Fair Debt Collection...more
8/19/2015
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Credit Cards ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
FDCPA ,
Financial Institutions ,
Midland Funding ,
SCOTUS ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Summary Judgment