MCLE Training: Debt Collection Protection
Using State and Federal Law to Protect Debtors from Collections Harassment
- Thursday, June 2, 5:30-7:00pm
- Presented by Noah Zinner, Esq. – Housing and Economic Rights Advocates – heraca.org
- Bar Association of San Francisco, 301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor, Board Room, San Francisco, CA 94111
- 1.5 General CLE Credits
- Overview: This training will review debtor rights under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and its state analog, the Rosenthal Act. We will discuss tools and strategies for keeping clients from being harassed by creditors. We will also discuss in particular the new California legislation (effective January 1, 2014) and its expansion of consumer rights in relation to third-party “debt buyers.”