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		<title>Minnesota collection agency Allied Interstate Inc. agrees to pay $1.75 million to settle FTC lawsuit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission, the federal agency tasked with enforcement of the FDCPA and other consumer protection laws, filed a lawsuit yesterday against Allied Interstate Inc., one of Minnesota&#8217;s largest collection agencies. The lawsuit alleged a number of FDCPA violations, including:

contacting people after being told by these people that they did not owe the debt;
making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC heeds Franken&#8217;s call for review of debtors being thrown in jail</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Minnesota Senator Al Franken issued a press release calling for a review of the practices and procedures that are causing increasing numbers of consumers to be thrown in jail in debt collection cases. Here&#8217;s the press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. [07/15/10] – U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) called on Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC recommends changes to the FDCPA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the Federal Trade Commission  issued a report recommending changes to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The FTC&#8217;s primary conclusions are:
Major problems exist in the flow of information within the debt collection system.
The FTC &#8217;s first main concern is the lack of information debt collectors have about the debt when they seek payment from [...]]]></description>
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