Professor Jeff Sovern and Professor Gina Calabrese published an op-ed on BloombergLaw, “Why the ABA is Wrong on Amending Debt Collection Bill.”
Sovern and Calabrese disagree with the American Bar Association’s support of H.R. 5082, which would exempt attorneys’ litigation activities from the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. They argue that the ABA’s premise – that state ethics rules and state court oversight already curb collection attorney misconduct – is wrong because it is contradicted by the experience of regulators and by Calabrese’s experience representing consumers in the Consumer Justice for Elderly: Litigation Clinic.
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