What Attorneys Should Know About the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, or, the 2 Do's and the 200 Don'ts of Debt Collection | Zendy

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What Attorneys Should Know About the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, or, the 2 Do's and the 200 Don'ts of Debt Collection

Author(s) -

Scott J. Burnham

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

ssrn electronic journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1556-5068

DOI - 10.2139/ssrn.1963439

Subject(s) - download , debt , internet privacy , world wide web , business , computer science , data collection , finance , sociology , social science

In 1995, the United States Supreme Court in Heintz v. Jenkins held that lawyers are regulated by the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). This article was primarily intended to educate lawyers, warning them that they may be violating the Act through their routine collection procedures. The article then educates them as to what they can do to comply with the Act. I break compliance into two parts – the two “do’s” that debt collectors must affirmatively do, and the many “don’ts” – the acts that are prohibited.

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