Collection actions : defending consumers and their assets

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Where to find it

Law Library — 2nd Floor Collection (2nd floor)

Call Number
KF1024 .S54 2014
Status
Available

Contents

Introduction -- Case selection, advising the client, and litigation strategy -- Dismissal before reaching the merits -- Proof of the merits of the collector's claims -- Defenses and counterclaims -- State restrictions on the recovery of attorney fees and other collection expenses -- Defending military personnel in collection actions -- Criminal and civil collection of dishonored checks -- Medical debt -- Defending consumers against collection by federal administrative agencies -- Challenging a collection judgment -- Protecting debtors from creditors' postjudgment remedies -- Prevailing consumers' postjudgment actions. Appendix A: Selected provisions of the servicemembers civil relief act -- Appendix B: Selected provisions governing collection of debts owed to federal government -- Appendix C: Federal wage garnishment statute and regulations -- Appendix D: Treasury rule protecting electronically-deposited exempt federal benefits -- Appendix E: Selected federal exemption provisions -- Appendix F: Federal trade commission credit practices rule -- Appendix G: Summaries of state exemption laws -- Appendix H: Online companion material for this treatise.

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