A Federal Trade Commission report concludes that the system for resolving consumer collection disputes is broken, and recommends litigation and arbitration reforms to improve efficiency and fairness ...

In St. John v. Cach, LLC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently issued an opinion holding that the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) does not prohibit debt collectors ...

Debt collection litigation is not following any particular pattern this year. The only certainty is that Telephone Consumer Protection Act litigation is proving to be unpredictable, according to data ...

Debt collection lawyers beware. Attorneys can be liable under the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) for work in court. In a recent decision, the Eleventh Circuit ruled that court filings ...

An explanation of third-party commercial litigation financing (also known as alternative or external dispute funding), addressing appropriate situations for its use, ethical concerns, the funder’s ...