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Florida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) Part 2: Implementing Safeguards and Internal Procedures to Establish a Bona Fide Error Defense to Violations of the FCCPA

May 28, 2020 Banking & Financial Services Industry Legal Blog, Construction Industry Legal Blog, Real Estate Development, Sales and Leasing Industry Legal Blog

Part 1 of this series provided an overview of Florida’s Consumer Collections Practices Act (FCCPA) and explained why it is imperative for all business owners to be aware of, and understand, the FCCPA.  This article explores Section 559.77’s bona fide error defense and how businesses can be prepared to defend […]

Florida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) Part 1: Understanding the FCCPA

May 14, 2020 Banking & Financial Services Industry Legal Blog, Construction Industry Legal Blog, Real Estate Development, Sales and Leasing Industry Legal Blog

All businesses in the state of Florida need to be familiar with Florida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act (“FCCPA”).  The FCCPA is found at Sections 559.55-559.785 of the Florida Statutes.  The FCCPA is intended to protect consumers and is intentionally unfair to creditors.  See §559.552, Fla. Stat. (2019); Kelly v. Duggan, […]

Bankruptcy 101: What Secured Lenders Need to Know About Common Bankruptcies

April 23, 2020 Banking & Financial Services Industry Legal Blog, Florida Business Litigation Blog

Bankruptcy filings indicate a debtor’s lack of working capital and, justifiably so, strike concern into any lender still hanging on to a promise of payment from their debtor. But, depending on the creditor’s agreement with the debtor and the creditor’s actions after payment default, a creditor could recuperate collateral assets […]

Treatment of Commercial Leases in Bankruptcy

April 21, 2020 Florida Business Litigation Blog, Real Estate Development, Sales and Leasing Industry Legal Blog

The novel coronavirus pandemic and related government “stay at home” and “shelter in place” orders are causing serious negative financial impacts to business of all types.  Many of the hardest hit industries, such as restaurants and retailers, are industries in which a large portion of the business may be operated […]

New Florida Statute Provides Lenders with a Remedy in a Foreclosure Proceeding Against Borrowers who Declare Bankruptcy

October 24, 2018 Banking & Financial Services Industry Legal Blog, Florida Business Litigation Blog, Real Estate Development, Sales and Leasing Industry Legal Blog

Effective October 2018, lenders have a new remedy in a foreclosure proceeding to expedite the final resolution of the proceeding.  Section 702.12, Florida Statutes creates a presumption in favor of the lender that the borrower waived any defense to a foreclosure proceeding when the borrower’s debt was discharged in a […]

Are Actual Fraudulent Transfer Judgments Dischargeable in Bankruptcy?

September 17, 2018 Banking & Financial Services Industry Legal Blog, Florida Business Litigation Blog

While bankruptcy proceedings generally allow individuals an opportunity to discharge many different liabilities, there are some classes of liabilities—such as those involving fraud—that are not dischargeable in bankruptcy.  The Bankruptcy Code (“Code”) prohibits the discharge of “any debt . . . for money, property, [or] services . . . to the extent obtained by . . . false pretenses, a false representation, […]

Collections Law: Necessary Steps to Perfect and Collect the Judgment

August 9, 2018 Banking & Financial Services Industry Legal Blog, Presentations, Videos

Congratulations! The court has ruled in your favor and awarded a favorable judgment. However, there is no contact with the defendant and it’s not clear what assets are in play. Therefore, you need an effective plan on how to aggressively collect the judgement due–but without violating federal or state laws […]

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