defending consumers and their assets Sheldon, Jonathan A. creator Carter, Carolyn L. National Consumer Law Center text bibliography mau 2017 Fourth edition. monographic eng

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xxxi, 712 pages ; 28 cm 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. Jonathan Sheldon, Carolyn L. Carter ; contributing authors: Abby Shafroth, Chi Chi Wu, Jeremiah Battle, Jr., Dwain Alexander, Leah Davenport, Mary Kingsley. Kept up to date by supplements and companion website. Includes bibliographical references and 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 KF 1024 .S54 2017 9781602481701 1602481709 2017954414 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:GEN_NCLC_CA https://0-library-nclc-org.tallons.law.utexas.edu/node/50674 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:GEN_NCLC_CA https://0-library-nclc-org.tallons.law.utexas.edu/node/50674 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 YHP 171017 20190508101633.0 on1006506924 eng