FDCPA New Rules and Hot Topics

Agenda / Content Covered

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1. FDCPA Final Rule Rundown: Unpacking the Changes (Reg. F, 12 CFR Part 1006)
   10:00 - 11:00, Paul Croushore
   1. Final Rule Overview; Purpose, Intent
   2. Scope and Application
   3. Timeline and Effective Dates
   4. Interaction with Other FDCPA Provisions
   5. General Clarifications
   6. Time and Place Communication Provisions
2. FDCPA Final Rule Rundown: Unpacking the Changes (Reg. F, 12 CFR Part 1006)
   11:15 - 12:15, Paul Croushore
   1. Electronic Communication and Social Media Provisions
   2. Consumer Designations and Safe Harbors
   3. Supplemental Rulemaking, Guidance, and CFPB Action/Delays
   4. Additional Changes
   5. Top Takeaways for Creditors
3. CFPB Enforcement Update, Additional Regulatory and Legislative Developments
   12:15 - 1:15, Richard J. Perr
4. FDCPA Case Law Developments
   1:45 - 2:45, Ronald S. Weiss
5. TCPA Case Law and Regulatory Update
   3:00 - 4:00, Richard J. Perr
6. Ethics for Collection Attorneys
   4:00 - 5:00, Ronald S. Weiss
   1. Candor with the Tribunal
   2. Harassment
   3. Multi-jurisdictional Practice of Law
   4. Dealing with Represented Consumers
   5. Dealing with Unrepresented Persons
   6. Supervising Non-Lawyer Staff & the Unauthorized Practice of Law

Accreditation Details:

PAUL CROUSHORE is an attorney practicing in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, where he focuses his practice in litigation and appeals of contracts, civil and criminal fraud, compliance, collections, and dispute resolution. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Court of International Trade; U.S. Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal; and the federal and state trial courts of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Mr. Croushore is an author for Moore’s Federal Practice and Moore’s Federal Practice Update, where he covers complex appeals, practice in the federal circuit, and Civil Rules 17-22. He holds a Master of Laws in business and taxation. Mr. Croushore earned his B.B.A. degree from Ohio University in economics, finance, management, general business, and business pre-law; and his J.D. and LL.M. degrees from Capital University Law School, Order of the Curia.

RICHARD J. PERR is the co-managing partner of the Philadelphia office of Kaufman Dolowich Voluck, LLP, and the chair of its consumer financial services practice group. He is a nationally recognized authority and lecturer on creditor’s rights, representing creditors, law firms and agencies against individual and class action allegations invoking federal and state consumer protection laws, including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Mr. Perr also advises entities and individuals on matters related to compliance in the credit and collection industry, including review, implementation and auditing of policies and procedures, especially in adherence with governmental regulatory bodies such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Mr. Perr is a past president of ACA International. Mr. Perr also serves on the Board of Directors for the Mid-Atlantic Collectors Association. He earned his B.A. degree from Rutgers College and his J.D. degree, with honors, from Rutgers School of Law

RONALD S. WEISS is a partner in the Kansas City law firm of Berman, DeLeve, Kuchan & Chapman, L.C. He practices in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Mr. Weiss wrote the chapter on general executions in The Missouri Bar Handbook and Attachments on Debtor/Creditors' Rights, and the chapter on bankruptcy in The Missouri Bar Practical Skills Handbook. He also is a contributing writer to The Missouri Bar Bankruptcy Practice Handbook. Mr. Weiss has been a lecturer for The Missouri Bar seminars and for the National Association of Credit Management in the Kansas City Bar Young Lawyers Trial Practice Program. He has served as chair of the Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Weiss is a member of The Missouri Bar, the American Bar Association, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, the Commercial Law League of America and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Missouri.