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It?s Really All About
Standards

To piggyback off of one of last week?s blogs, I wanted to comment on the
Process Serving Standards Summit, an executive committee of process servers who
work for collection agencies and attorneys, that convene this week to set some
standards for self-regulation this week in Denver. As a preemptive measure, the
committee hopes to create voluntary guidelines for process serving companies in
an effort to avoid violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
(?FDCPA?).

proposed guidelines/a which, while not fail-proof, will potentially keep them,br /
and their legal counterparts, out of hot water with the FTC. In response to anbr /
increasing amount of debt, consumer defending attorneys are cracking down onbr /
violations of the FDCPA, subjecting not only the process serving companies, butbr /
collection agencies and attorneys to harsh consequences if violated. Evenbr /
though these companies are generally independent contractors, as agents workingbr /
on behalf of the collector, all parties involved can be dinged./pbr /
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p class="MsoNormal" margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The committee discussed streamlining the process, what
practices could go beyond the limits of the FDCPA, and even how developing
technology could aid in more accurate process serving (discussed last week).
The committee listened to comments after the session held today, and will vote
tomorrow, each major company present having one vote per proposed standard.

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Source: http://safeguardfreedom.com/blog/?p=6919

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