|
The Definitive Treatise
on the FDCPA
Consumer and commercial attorneys alike rely on Fair Debt Collection for the latest thinking and definitive analyses of the federal Fair Debt
Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the statute that dramatically alters
how collection agencies and attorneys collect consumer debts.
For 23 years, this groundbreaking work has been the basic reference in
the field, now more complete than ever and with a powerful CD-Rom.
All Other Sources of Debt Collection Law
Detailed treatment of other debt collection laws that are critical where
punitive damages are sought or creditors do their own collections:
- State debt collection statutes
- Infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and other
developing tort claims
- Eleven other federal laws.
Other unique features include chapters on:
- Medical collections
- Government collections
- Exemption rights to protect wages, bank accounts, and property from
seizure
- Collection fees
- Threats to criminally prosecute under bad check laws.
- Collections via arbitration
|
|
 All
the Collection Documents You Need on a Companion CD-Rom
- The only compilation of all
FTC staff interpretation letters, immediately accessible
with multiple search techniques
- A model FDCPA complaint, 20
other complaints, and over 20 sets of sample discovery
- Over 30 briefs, 10 class certification memos, jury
instructions and verdict sheets, 9 documents for award
of consumer’s attorney fees, and case preparation
checklist
- Full text of the FTC Advisory
Opinion, FTC Official Staff Commentary, the FDCPA statute,
its legislative history, all Supreme Court holdings,
and more than 1000 summaries of reported and unreported
cases
- Hospital collection pleadings.
|
|
|
“The meticulously organized and well-written chapters [in Fair
Debt Collection] are detailed and practical.”
- Library Journal
More Praise
for the NCLC Manuals
|
and NCLC