Perspective
May 9, 2013
In California, third-party debt collectors may land creditors in court
Unfortunately, the federal courts' logic in declining to find creditors liable for their debt collector's actions may provide California courts with the reasoning necessary to arrive at the opposite conclusion. By Wyeth E. Burrows
Both the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and California's Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act regulate the collection activities by persons and businesses that qualify as "debt collectors" where the debt or credit obligation sought for collection is owed by a natural person, and the debt or credit obligation arises from a transaction for property, services or money primarily for personal, family or household p...
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