Debt collectors don't always play by the rules. Here's what to watch for and how to protect yourself right now.

It's important to know what your rights actually are when you're dealing with aggressive debt collectors.

A large debt collection company in the United States was recently accused of violating federal consumer protection laws. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a proposed order that, if ...

Are they calling you to collect a debt? If this is your situation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shares 4 unfair practices that debt collectors cannot do, according to the Fair Debt ...

Hamilton Law Group has agreed to pay a fine and adjust its collection practices after the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office sued the law firm and its president over its collection activities. The ...

A lawsuit has been filed against Klamath Falls, Ore.-based Sky Lakes Medical Center alleging the hospital violated charity care requirements, The Lund Report reported Nov. 28. The lawsuit was filed on ...

THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has imposed a P50,000 administrative fine on Global Dominion Financing, Inc. for what it described as unfair and abusive debt collection practices. In a ...

The Federal Trade Commission logged over 140,000 consumer complaints about debt collection in the second quarter — a 220% jump from the same period a year earlier. Georgia, Texas and Florida recorded ...

THE Securities and Exchange Commission has penalized lending firm Global Dominion Financing Inc. for its unfair abusive debt ...

Several years ago, emergency medicine doctor Luke Messac decided to do some digging into the medical debt collection practices of his employer, a health system in Rhode Island. Also a historian, ...