Debt Collector: Don't Leave Message with 3rd Party for Consumer
The ongoing saga whether a debt collector attempting to reach the debtor by telephone may leave a message has taken a new twist. The decision in a recent case may be rather harsh, but it at least provides a bright line for debt collectors to follow, at least in the Eastern District of New York. In Halberstam v. Global Credit and Collection Corp., 2016 WL 154090 (U.S.D.C. E.D.