Sentences with phrase «debt collection laws like»

Debt negotiation companies are familiar with debt collection laws like the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

Not exact matches

When we repair your credit, we use credit laws like the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) to ensure your rights to accurate credit reporting.

Law changes in the future from government agencies like the IRS could also place limits on a medical institution's right to turn over bills to debt collection firms, especially nonprofit healthcare providers.

At Golden Financial Services we often hear about people who receive scary debt collection letters that look like court documents, but after reviewing them we usually find that they are misleading documents that violate the law.

Some laws specifically regulate the original creditor, like Chase, including the Credit Card Act of 2009; and other regulations regulate only a third - party debt collection company such as the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCdebt collection company such as the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCDebt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

-- because what if the debt collection company is corrupt and has neglected to abide by laws, and is operating illegally like they often are?

(I'm not sure that's a good indicator, since debt - collection lawyers have long been regulated by various federal laws like the Fair Debt Collection Practices Adebt - collection lawyers have long been regulated by various federal laws like the Fair Debt Collection Practices ADebt Collection Practices Act.)

Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the site when he's getting actual information about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their firm should think through the implications of their particular situation, but I think what Brad's doing is awesome in the context of his criminal law practice and I think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in something like your debt collection defense practice or a small business startup practice or an estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.

It might be more convenient for the doctor in terms of collection of bad debt, insurance policy claims (where an insurance card would normally be required, at least), protection against fraud claims from an insurer, and medical record keeping to have a name, so a doctor might make it a policy to require ID, but it is not required by law (except where a government benefit provider like Medicaid or Medicare is involved and has a regulation requiring it).