The Law Works - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

The Law Works

Thursday at 8:30 pm on WV PBS

Friday at 11:00 am on WV PBS2

The Law Works is a weekly show on West Virginia PBS discussing legal issues that affect daily life. The Law Works considers issues ranging from how to buy a house, to identity theft, and wiretapping.

May 24, 2012 - # 1325

Fair Debt Collection

Debt collectors have the right to try to collect the money you may owe, but for whatever reason not paid. But you have some rights too. And your rights may be ignored, sometimes seriously and outrageously ignored. We'll talk about Debt Collection. on the next, The Law Works.

Guests

Links

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act - US Federal Trade Commission

Prof. Matthew Titolo, WVU College of Law

Dan Ringer has worked with West Virginia Public Broadcasting as a volunteer since 1987 in several capacities, including as co-host of 2 prior public affairs series - On the Line With ... and Stateline Friday. He has also hosted numerous WV PBS specials concerning education, voters' rights, and political candidate debates. In 1999 Dan was named WV's first Lawyer Citizen of the Year of the WV Bar Foundation. He served as president of the WV State Bar 1999-2000 and was named the Practitioner of the Year by the American Bar Association in 2000. Dan practices law in Morgantown.

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