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  • Debt Collection Letter Ruled Deceptive

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR February 2000]   A federal judge has reminded lawyers who write consumer collection letters that they must look carefully at the provisions of the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act, 15 USCA §§1692 et...

  • Avoid Penalties Under Fair Debt Collection Procedures Act

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    By Stewart E. Wurtzel [Originally published in NYPRR August 1999]   The scenario is common. A client asks her attorney to recover monies which a debtor owes to the client but has failed to pay despite the client’s repeated demands. The attorney offers...