LAS VEGAS — Many, if not most, of the people in the accounts receivable management industry are waiting with baited breath to see what Rohit Chopra is going to do with Regulation F — the Debt Collection Rule — if he is confirmed by the Senate to be the next …
Read More »Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of FDCPA Suit Over Letter Itemizing ‘$0.00’ in Interest, Fees
The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case in which the defendant was sued for itemizing the interest and fees due as “$0.00” in a collection letter because the plaintiff claimed the itemization falsely implied that they could …
Read More »Experts React to Regulation F Delay
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced it was seeking to delay the enactment of Regulation F, the debt collection rule, for two months. The CFPB said it was seeking the delay to giver companies more time to comply because of the COVID-19 pandemic. AccountsRecovery.net reached out to legal …
Read More »CFPB Proposes Delay in Enactment of Debt Collection Rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today announced it is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at delaying the effective date of Regulation F, its debt collection rule, until January 29, 2022. The rule was scheduled to go into effect on November 30, 2021. The rule was issued in two …
Read More »Bedard: Breaking Down Regulation F’s Provision on Time-Barred Debt Collection
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made a small, but important change from the proposed debt collection rule to the final version of Regulation F with respect to the liability that debt collectors face when attempting to collect on time-barred debts. The CFPB opted not to use a “knows or should …
Read More »Bedard Breaks Down How Reg F Addresses Unfair and Unconscionable Collections
Section 1006.22 of Regulation F — the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s debt collection rule — is the section that suffers from a bit of a technology identity crisis, but still includes some new wrinkles in laying out the kinds of behavior that are prohibited when attempting to collect on unpaid …
Read More »Why Everyone Needs a Refresher on False, Deceptive or Misleading Representations or Means
If you have ever come across a sign or a set of instructions that you think are just completely obvious — like the post of a giant hot dog at IKEA with an asterisk that says “not actual size” — those kinds of statements are usually not there accidentally. They …
Read More »Advocacy Report Calls on CFPB to Make Changes to Debt Collection Rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should “halt” the implementation of its debt collection rule and “fix” it by reducing the number of call attempts, requiring consumers to opt in to receive electronic communications, and prohibit the collection of time-barred debt, as a means of improving consumer protection and stemming the …
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