Disputing collections debt can protect your credit, but only if you know when it actually makes sense to do so.

Pay-for-delete promises to erase collection debt from your credit report, but the results of this strategy can vary.

Get to know the research on debt collection lawsuits, racial disparities in judgments, and a big slice of consumer debt: ...

On June 6, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled on dueling motions for summary judgment in a suit against a debt collection agency for alleged violations of the FDCPA.

Hall v. Cohn, Goldberg & Deutsch, LLC, No. 1:24-CV-01026-JRR, 2025 WL 475275, at *1 (D. Md. Feb. 12, 2025) A United States District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ...

If your old debt has been sold to a debt collector, you know how stressful the issue can be. Debt collectors can be quite aggressive when trying to collect what's owed on your unpaid credit card or ...

NEW YORK — Consumers could no longer receive multiple calls per day from debt collectors and would have more ability to dispute their bills under proposals released Thursday to overhaul the ...

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Protections from debt collectors in Georgia are among the worst in the nation, according to a nonprofit advocacy group.

Getting calls from debt collectors can be unsettling, but if you encounter these red flags, chances are you're dealing with a scammer out to trick you.

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a pair of Ohio law firms did not use illegal tactics when they sent out debt-collection letters on stationery bearing the name of the state's attorney ...