03399cam a2200493Ii 4500 280903 280903 on1006506924 OCoLC 20190508101633.0 171017s2017 mau b 001 0 eng d 2017954414 9781602481701 1602481709 (OCoLC)1006506924 (OCoLC)1006981052 YHP eng rda YHP cicg KF 1024 .S54 2017 Sheldon, Jonathan A. Collection actions : defending consumers and their assets / Jonathan Sheldon, Carolyn L. Carter ; contributing authors: Abby Shafroth, Chi Chi Wu, Jeremiah Battle, Jr., Dwain Alexander, Leah Davenport, Mary Kingsley. Fourth edition. Boston, Massachusetts. : National Consumer Law Center, 2017. 2017 xxxi, 712 pages ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Consumer credit and sales legal practice series Kept up to date by supplements and companion website. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 -- Creditors' recovery of attorney fees, collection expenses, postjudgment interest -- Defending military personnel in collection actions -- Criminal and civil collection of dishonored checks -- Medical debt -- Federal administrative agency collections -- Criminal justice debt -- Challenging a collection judgment -- Enforcement of judgments: general principles, constitutional issues -- Protecting debtors wages, benefits, other income, and bank accounts -- Protecting the debtor's home, tangible personal property, and other assets -- Debtor's examinations and imprisonment for debt -- 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 -- Index. Access is controlled by HLS IP address and is limited to the Harvard Law School community. Off-campus access is controlled by HLS Account username and password. MH Collection laws United States. Collection agencies Law and legislation United States. Consumer credit Law and legislation United States. Collection agencies Law and legislation. Collection laws. Consumer credit Law and legislation. United States. Carter, Carolyn L. National Consumer Law Center. Consumer credit and sales legal practice series. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:GEN_NCLC_CA https://0-library-nclc-org.tallons.law.utexas.edu/node/50674 View full text of publication lcc 6 0 0 lcc 0 0 7 7 18 2019-05-06 Donación 0.00 0 KF 1024 .S54 2017 70000000904410 2019-05-08 00:00:00 2019-05-08 6