Tag: debt collection
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Colorado justices uphold strict interpretation of consumer protection law against debt collector
The Colorado Supreme Court concluded last month that a debt collector failed to comply with state law by suing a woman for an unpaid credit card debt without documentation that it owned her account. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC filed a complaint to collect on a $671 debt from the credit card account of Felicia Wright.…
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Colorado campaign debt collection efforts aren’t much of an effort
It was only weeks after the U.S. military in September 2011 repealed its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy barring openly gay men and women from serving in the armed forces that Army veteran Brian Carroll announced his candidacy for a seat in the Colorado General Assembly. Carroll, then a member of the state’s National Guard,…