Fair debt collection
By: Robert J. Hobbs, April Kuehnhoff ; contributing authors Joanne S. Faulkner, Richard Rubin, Carolyn L. Carter, O. Randolph Bragg, Charles Delbaum, Geoff Walsh
Edition: Ninth edition.
Series: Consumer credit and sales legal practice series
Publisher: National Consumer Law Center
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1774
ISBN-13: 9781602481749
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Collection laws; Collection agencies; Law and legislation; Consumer credit; United States
Description: "'Fair Debt Collection' since 1982 has been not only the definitive FDCPA treatise, but also the essential resource for other areas of relevant debt collection law, including an overview of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claims, state debt collection law, and tort claims. The new edition also includes extensive analysis of FDCPA and other federal cases ruling on Spokeo motions concerning standing."--Publisher website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Volume 1. Preparation of a debt collection harassment case; title: Overview of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; title: Persons and transactions covered by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; title: FDCPA sections 1692b and 1692c : collector's communications with the consumer; title: FDCPA section 1692d : harassing, oppressive, or abusive conduct; title: FDCPA section 1692e : false, deceptive, or misleading representations and collection methods; title: FDCPA section 1692f : unfair or unconscionable collections; title: FDCPA section 1692g : notice of consumer's dispute and debt verification rights; title: FDCPA sections 1692h, 1692i, 1692j : applying payments; distant forum abuse; false impression of debt collector involvement; title: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act litigation and remedies; title: Debt collectors' defenses and counterclaims; title: Bankruptcy and affirmative claims arising from debt collection; title: Other federal claims; title: Tort remedies; title: Other state remedies.; title: Volume 2. Appendix A. Text of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; title: Appendix B. CFPB interpretations of the FDCPA; title: Appendix C. FTC interpretations of the FDCPA; title: Appendix D. Summary of state debt collection statutes; title: Appendix E. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case summaries; title: Appendix F. Digital practice tools, pleadings, primary sources; title: Appendix G. Abbreviations commonly used by collectors; title: Appendix H. Debt collection on the web.