year over year growth in lawsuits has been strong. From 2006 to 2009, FDCPA cases jumped nearly 150 percent as consumers became more educated about the debt collection industry and plaintiff attorneys became more aggressive in their marketing efforts. From 2008 to 2009, the year-over-year growth...
consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.
“Debt collectors must follow fair debt collection laws, even as the economy is making it difficult to collect from financially-strapped consumers,” explained ADMA Solution’s CEO Dave Leuthold. With the unemployment rate at nearly 10% and a large number of families struggling with credit card ...
holding that she had not established that Crown was vicariously liable for Turning Point’s conduct because (1) in the District Court’s view,vicarious liability could be imputed to Crown in these circumstances only if the agent too was a “debt collector,”and (2) the evidence in the recor...
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Over time as more modern forms of technology have been introduced in the business of servicing consumer and commercial accounts for others, the lines distinguishing “debt collection” activities subject to state oversight, the FDCPA (and other laws), and the services businesses offer on behalf of...