Includes access to companion website. Companion website contains appendices plus much additional material. Print no longer updated. Latest also available online. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
v. 1. pt. I. Introduction -- Introduction and overview -- Preparation of a debt collection harassment case -- pt. II. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act -- Overview of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act -- Persons and transactions covered by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act -- Consumer protections and rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 15 U.S.C. [secs.] 1692b to 1692j -- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act litigation and remedies -- Debt collector's defenses and counterclaims -- pt. III. Other federal and state debt collection claims -- Other federal claims -- Tort remedies -- Other state remedies -- Credit counseling, debt settlement or negotiation, and debt elimination providers -- v. 2. Appendices. A. Text of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act -- B. Federal Trade Commission advisory opinions and staff letters regarding the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act -- C. Federal Trade Commission staff commentary on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ; D. Federal standards for private tax collectors -- E. Summary of state debt collection statutes -- F. Practice aids -- G. Sample complaints -- H. Sample discovery -- I. Sample trial documents -- J. Sample documents for award of attorney fees -- K. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case summaries -- L. Debt collection on the Web -- M. Finding pleadings, primary sources on the companion website.
Series:
The consumer credit and sales legal practice series. Debtor rights library
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