Fair debt collection
By: Robert J. Hobbs, contributing authors ; Carolyn L. Carter [and others]
Contributors: Carter, Carolyn L.
Edition: 6th ed.
Series: The consumer credit and sales legal practice series; Consumer credit and sales legal practice series
Publisher: National Consumer Law Center
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1134
ISBN-13: 9781602480285
Subjects: Collection laws; Collection agencies; Law and legislation; Consumer credit
Description: "Focuses on the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and other federal and state consumer remedies for deceptive, unfair, and illegal collection practices"--Publisher's brochure.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Introduction. Introduction and overview ; Preparation of a debt collection harassment case; title: pt. II. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Overview of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ; Persons and transactions covered by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ; Consumer protections and rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ; Availability of a private Fair Debt Collection Practices Act cause of action ; Debt collector's defenses and counterclaims; title: pt. III. Other federal and state debt collection claims. Federal Trade Commission debt collection law ; Other federal claims ; Tort remedies ; Other state remedies ; Credit counselors, debt settlement, and debt elimination; title: Appendices. A. Text of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ; B. Federal Trade Commission advisory opinions and staff letters regarding the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ; C. Federal Trade Commission staff commentary on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ; D. Federal standards for private tax collectors ; E. Summary of state debt collection statutes ; F. Practice aids ; G. Sample complaints ; H. Sample discovery ; I. Sample trial documents ; J. Sample documents for award of attorney fees ; K. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case summaries ; L. Debt collection on the Web.