Is It “Debt Collection” If You Never Asked For Money? U.S. Supreme Court to Review in October 2018 Term

Can a communication from a collector violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692, et. seq. (the “FDCPA”) if it never asks the debtor to pay any money? What exactly does the term “debt collection” mean in the context of the FDCPA? These seemingly simple questions have divided the circuit courts, and they may soon be resolved by the United States Supreme Court when it decides a case that arose out of a nonjudicial foreclosure proceeding in Colorado.

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Chairman Pai Responds to Republican House Representatives on TCPA, Agrees Clarity Needed

Over the past several months, three members of the House of Representatives wrote to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai regarding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). On September 7, 2018, Chairman Pai responded to the congressmen.

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