POSTED: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 at 9:50 am

BY: David Ziemer, david.ziemer@wislawjournal.com

In a Feb. 11 opinion involving the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the 7th Circuit put the kibosh on an audacious trap for the unwary debt collector.

POSTED: Friday, February 11th, 2011 at 1:12 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Consumer Protection FDCPA 15 U.S.C. 1692c(c) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act does not prohibit debt collectors from contacting a debtor’s legal counsel as well as the debtor himself, once the debtor refuses to pay. “Subsections (a) and (b) provide valuable context. Tinsley’s argument makes hash of them, because if the word ‘consumer’ is [...]