TELESEMINAR: Debt Collection Liability and Strategies for Businesses - Part 2

April 6, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
1.00 MCLE hours

Telephone

Debt collection is closely regulated by federal law and covers many entities and individuals, not merely traditional debt collection agencies. Businesses collecting receivables from their customers and lawyers and law firms acting on behalf of their clients are also potentially covered. If the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act applies, those businesses, lawyers and law firms are subject to substantial restrictions on what they can say and what they can do. The form and the substance of their communications are restricted. Failure to comply with the FDCPA can result in substantial financial liability for the collector. As the number of debt collection cases rises substantially, caution is essential. This program will provide you with a practical guide to the law of debt collection, how it applies to lawyers, law firms and the businesses they represent, and best practices for avoiding liability. Part 2 of 2.
 
Highlights:
  • Financial liability for those seeking to collect debt
  • Unfair, deceptive and unconscionable practices
  • Special issues for lawyers and law firms acting as debt collectors for clients
  • Relationship to state law
  • Best practices to avoid liability
 
For more information about ISBA's Teleseminar programs, please visit: http://www.isba.org/cle/teleseminar
 
Program Speaker:
Eileen M. Bitterman, Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA, Brooklyn Heights, Ohio
 
 
Be sure to register for Part 1 of this program for a full discussion. Click here for more information.
 

Eileen M. Bitterman is a partner in the Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, office of Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA, where she manages the firm’s compliance department. She conducts legal compliance training seminars for employees and clients, coordinates the firm-wide document review program and works with management and staff to educate personnel in all areas of legal compliance. She was recognized as an “Ohio Rising Star” by Cincinnati Magazinein 2005 and 2006 and is a frequent lecturer writer on consumer credit topics. Ms. Bitterman received her B.A. from the University of Dayton and her J.D. from the Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

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