Fair debt collection
By: Robert J. Hobbs ; contributing authors ; Carolyn L. Carter, O. Randolph Bragg, Joanne S. Faulkner, Richard Rubin, Charles Delbaum, Danial A. Edelman
Contributors: Carter, Carolyn L., contributor; Bragg, O. Randolph, contributor; Faulkner, Joanne S., 1938- contributor; Rubin, Richard (Richard J.), contributor; Delbaum, Charles, contributor; Edelman, Daniel A., contributor
Edition: Eighth edition.
Series: The consumer credit and sales legal practice series; Consumer credit and sales legal practice series; Consumer credit and sales legal practice series
Publisher: National Consumer Law Center
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1407
ISBN-13: 9781602481473
Copyright date: 2014
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: "With online updates."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Kept up to date by supplements.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. pt. I. Introduction; title: Introduction and overview; title: Preparation of a debt collection harassment case; title: pt. II. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; title: Overview of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; title: Persons and transactions covered by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; title: Protections and rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; title: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act litigation and remedies; title: Debt collector's defenses and counterclaims; title: pt. III. Other federal and state debt collection claims; title: Other federal claims; title: Tort remedies; title: Other state remedies; title: v. 2. Appendices; title: A. Text of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; title: B. Federal Trade Commission advisory opinions and staff letters regarding the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; title: C. Federal Trade Commission staff commentary on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; title: D. Summary of state debt collection statutes; title: E. Practice aids; title: F. Sample complaints; title: G. Sample discovery; title: H. Sample trial documents; title: I. Sample documents for award of attorney fees; title: J. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case summaries; title: K. Debt collection on the web; title: L. Other companion material for this treatise.