Collection actions
Subtitle: defending consumers and their assets
By: Jonathan Sheldon, Carolyn L. Carter, Chi Chi Wu ; contributing authors, Dwain Alexander ... [et al.].
Contributors: Carter, Carolyn L.; Wu, Chi Chi; National Consumer Law Center
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: The consumer credit and sales legal practice series
Publisher: National Consumer Law Center
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 595
ISBN-13: 9781602480858
Subjects: Collection laws; Collection agencies; Law and legislation; Consumer credit
Notes: Kept up to date by supplements.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2.; title: Case selection, advising the client, and litigation strategy -- -- Ch. 3.; title: Dismissal before reaching the merits -- -- Ch. 4.; title: Proof of the merits of the collector's claims -- -- Ch. 5.; title: Defenses and counterclaims -- -- Ch. 6.; title: State restrictions on the recovery of attorney fees and other collection expenses -- -- Ch. 7.; title: Defending military personnel in collection actions -- -- Ch. 8.; title: Criminal and civil collection of dishonored checks -- -- Ch. 9.; title: Medical debt -- -- Ch. 10.; title: Defending consumers against collection by federal administrative agencies -- -- Ch. 11.; title: Challenging a collection judgment -- -- Ch. 12.; title: Protecting debtors from creditors' postjudgment remedies -- -- Ch. 14.; title: Prevailing consumers' postjudgment actions -- -- App. A.; title: Selected provisions of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act -- -- App. B.; title: Federal wage garnishment statute and regulations -- -- App. C.; title: Treasury rule protecting electronically-deposited exempt federal benefits -- -- App. D.; title: Selected federal exemption provisions -- -- App. E.; title: Federal Trade Commission credit practices rule -- -- App. F.; title: Selected provisions governing collection of debts owed to federal government -- -- App. G.; title: Summaries of State Exemption Laws -- -- App. H.; title: Finding pleadings, primary sources on the companion website ---- Index.