In these situations, many people will prioritize their essential expenses, like mortgage or rent payments, over other ...

A federal judge has ordered debt collector, Global Circulation Inc. (GCI) to temporarily halt operations, following an FTC complaint that alleged ...

Receiving a call from a debt collector can be a stressful experience. After all, if your debt is in collections, you may be ...

The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the California Rosenthal Act each proscribe certain conduct by debt ...

A federal lawsuit filed by a debt-collection agency threatens to derail a Biden administration's regulatory attempt at ...

A recent advisory opinion by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau concerning the collection of past-due healthcare bills ...

Small claims court was once a place where individuals could get a court solution to a small dispute. Now, many cases involve lawyers for big companies going after individuals for small sums.

Medical debt is a massive problem in the United States, with around 20 million people owing at least some money for healthcare services. Sadly, in many situations, people end up dying with this ...

If you own a business and are owed money, hiring a debt collector can help you get it back. If you are the person who owes money, you may be avoiding that confrontation from a debt collector.

said Jack Brown, former president of the industry trade association ACA International, and president of Gulf Coast, a family-owned debt collector in Florida. “To ensure their loans will be ...

In our previous post, we discussed the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection’s (NYC DCWP) decision to delay the enforcement ...

If that happens, the debt collector may be able to take more aggressive steps to collect the debt, such as garnishing your wages, taking money out of your bank accounts and putting a lien on your ...