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title: The Fair Debt Collection Act and Convenience Fees
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# The Fair Debt Collection Act and Convenience Fees

  July 2022

The Review of Banking & Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this article in *The Review of Banking & Financial Services*, Kelley Drye’s [Matthew Luzadder](/Our-People/Matthew-C-Luzadder) and [Becca Wahlquist](/Our-People/Becca-J-Wahlquist) review a recent Fourth Circuit of Appeals ruling regarding the Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Act and how it serves as a warning to creditors and mortgage services that impose convenience fees.

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