Pre-Recorded Messages Left on Answering Machines

This folder examines what constitutes a "communication" under the FDCPA so as to trigger certain protections of the Act.
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David A. Szwak
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Pre-Recorded Messages Left on Answering Machines

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The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recently held that a pre-recorded message left on a consumer’s telephone answering machine by a debt collector was a “communicationâ€
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