Three Strategies for Debt Collectors Defending FDCPA Class Actions

Published on:
13 September 2011 at 07:47 a.m. ET

Written by: John Rossman – Member – Rossman Attorney Group, PLLC

http://www.insidearm.com/news/00005536-three-strategies-for-debt-collectors-defe/

With class action FDCPA cases against collectors on the rise, debt collection agencies need to know how to mount an effective defense to these cases.

In the latest episode of their audio blog The Debt Collection Drill, Moss & Barnett attorneys John Rossman and Mike Poncin discuss three crucial issues that every debt collector should know — but likely do not know — about FDCPA class actions. The topics include use of net worth of the debt collector as a defense, the applicability of contractual arbitration clauses, and the qualifications of an individual plaintiff to be a class representative.

Listen to the episode (10 minutes) below:

http://www.insidearm.com/wp-content/uploads/DebtCollectionDrill-episode8.mp3

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