FDCPA Legal Issues Articles relating to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Itemization of Collection Letters Rogue Collectors and the Need For the Bona Fide Error Defense Attempt to Collect Debt Discharged in Bankruptcy Not Per Se Violation of FDCPA Top Five Issues of 2007 No Sovereign Immunity for Private Check Diversion Company Explaining the Verification Provision of the ACA Code of Ethics Payment Transaction Fees Introduction to the PCI Security Standards Do I Still Need to Send an Initial FDCPA Validation Letter? The Noerr-Pennington Doctrine And The FDCPA: A Closer Look After The Ninth Circuit’s Decision In Sos Damages for Emotional Distress in FDCPA and FCRA Actions Individual Liability for Agency Shareholders, Officers, and Directors Are You Admitted Here? Representing Clients Beyond Your Bar Admissions Process Servers Beware Voice Message Providing the Mini-Miranda May Violate Third-Party Disclosure Prohibitions Voice Mail Messages and the Growing Problem in the Eleventh Circuit New PCI Standards Released Are Previously Paid Debts Subject To The FDCPA? Top Five Issues of 2008 Is That Light At The End Of The Tunnel A Freight Train Or An Opportunity? Rule 68 Offers of Judgments in FDCPA Litigation: A 2008 Update Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Releases Superseding Opinion in Pintos Case ACA Revises Suggested Voice mail Message Bootstrapping FDCPA and Other Claims to Facts Arising in Bankruptcy U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Whether FDCPA’s Bona Fide Error Defense Applies to Mistakes of Law FTC Hosts First Roundtable To Discuss Debt Collection Litigation and Arbitration Ninth Circuit Addresses Discovery Rule for FDCPA Claims The Federal Trade Commission Files a Joint Amicus Brief Regarding Jerman v. Carlisle Recent Developments from Massachusetts: New FDCPA and FCRA Decisions Attorney Involvement and the FDCPA: Recent Decision Focuses on Threshold for Meaningful Review of an Account Government Accountability Office Releases Report on Credit Card Debt Collection U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments Scheduled for Jerman How the Drossin Decision Has Eroded the Bona Fide Error Defense Legislation Signed by President Obama Lifts Ban on Legal Services Corporation Seeking Statutory Attorney’s Fees Greco Meaningful Involvement Disclaimer Does Not Always Protect Attorneys From FDCPA Liability Heightened Plausibility Pleading Standard Does Not Lead to Dismissal of Recent Massachusetts Case U.S. Supreme Court Considers Whether the FDCPA Bona Fide Error Defense Applies to Mistakes of Law Is Donohue the Death Knell For Technical FDCPA Violations? How to Combat Frivolous FDCPA Lawsuits: Tapping into Section 1927 and the Court’s Inherent Powers FTC Releases 2010 Annual Report on the FDCPA Is that just an Attorney disguised as a Debt Settlement Company? Why Foti Raises Serious Problems Under The First Amendment Industry Continues Efforts to Clarify New York City Rules Jerman v. Carlisle: A Legal Error Regarding The Requirements Of The FDCPA Cannot Be A “Bona Fide Error” Settlement Offers: What the Courts are Saying Debt Collector Obtains Favorable Order on Motion for Summary Judgment Update from the Ninth Circuit Attorney Letterhead after Lesher NCLC Releases Report on “The Debt Collection Machine” FTC Releases Report on Debt Collection Litigation and Arbitration Defending “Call Volume” Claims: How Many Calls Are Too Many Under § 1692d(5) Of The FDCPA?