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• • Breaking Down the Dispute
• • Shared Earnings
• • Just under the wire
• • Music on loan
• • For the record
• • Board of Directors Approves Updated Code of Ethics
• • Case Law Important to the Check Industry
• • Improve Your Communication Skills
• • Just under the wire
•  ; FENCA News - 20 June 2007
•  ; Healthcare Collection, Servicing and Debt Purchasing Practices
•  ; Complete text of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
•  ; ACA Bylaws
•  ; ACA Standard operating procedures
•  ; ACA Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility
•  ; ACA Code of operations
•  ; ACA Procedural Rules for the Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee
•  ; Robert’s Rules of Parliamentary Process
• • Security Requirements for the Collection Industry
• • Asset Buying Facts
• • March's Top Compliance Question: Can a Collector Contact a Consumer Via Cell Phone?
• • March's Top Ethics Complaint: Attempting Collection from the Wrong Person
• • March's Top Compliance Question: Can Debt Collectors Contact Consumers Via E-mail and Fax?
• • March's Top Ethics Complaint: Unprofessional Conduct
• • New York District Court Finds Pre-recorded Messages are a "Communication" Under the FDCPA
• • November's Top Compliance Question: Are Collectors Required to Negotiate with Credit Counselors?
• • May's Top Ethics Complaint Question: Communicating with Consumers via Telephone
• • May's Top Ethics Complaint: Rude and Abusive Behavior
• • Multiple Agencies or Creditors Collecting on the Same Account
• • How do I stop collection calls?
• • How must collectors verify a debt and who is suppose to mail the verification to me?
• • I disputed a debt but never heard back, I thought collectors had to validate debts?
• • January Top Compliance Question: What Information May Debt Collectors Request from Third Parties?
• • January's Top Ethics Complaint: Harassment
• • January's Top Compliance Question: Number of Consumer Contacts
• • June's Top Ethics Complaint: Wrong Contacts
• • June's Top Ethics Complaint: Harassment
• • July's Top Compliance Question: Mini-Miranda Requirements
• • July's Top Compliance Question: Can a Debt Collector Continue to Pursue Collection Upon the Expiration of State Statute of Limitations?
• • July's Top Ethics Complaint: Threatening Arrest
• • July's Top Ethics Complaint: Failure to Provide a Validation Notice
• • November's Top Ethics Complaint: Continued Contact After Notification of Identity Theft
• • When a debt collector contacts me for the first time, what are the rules they must abide by?
• • What are debt collectors required to send as verification of a debt?
• • September's Top Compliance Question: What Message Can a Collector Leave on a Consumer's Answering Machine or Voicemail?
• • September's Top Compliance Questions: Voice Messages and "Closed" States
• • Collecting Debts Online
• • Collecting After the Expiration of the Statute of Limitations
• • Can debt collectors add surcharges (interest, fees, charges or expenses) to the original debt?
• • Can debt collectors demand payment or take legal action during the 30-day period for disputing a debt?
• • Can debt collectors discuss my debt with my children?
• • Debt in England
• • Debt consolidation loans
• • Divorcees 'forced to settle ex-partners'
• • Private Debt Collection Program Can Fund Hundreds of New IRS Jobs Every Year
• • Additional Digging