1692f[8] Case Law

Debt Collector Marking Up Envelopes with "BAD DEBT" or other Improper Remarks: 15 USC 1692f[8]
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1692f[8] Case Law

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1. Simmons v. Med-I-Claims,
Not Reported in F.Supp.2d, 2007 WL 486879, C.D.Ill., February 09, 2007 (NO. 06-1155)

...Summary Judgment on Counts 3 and 4 of the Complaint, which are based on 15 U.S.C. § 1692f(8) Section 1692f(8) prohibits debt collectors from using language other than the debt collector's address on an envelope, “except that a debt collector may use his business name if such name does not indicate that he is in the debt collection business.â€
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