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10 Feb 2021, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
The full U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, yesterday heard oral arguments in Demkovich v. [read post]
10 Feb 2021, 2:01 am by Tim Reed, FordHarrison
Andrew the Apostle Parish, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals addressed a case in which a church fired a gay music director after he married his husband. [read post]
6 Feb 2021, 10:12 am by Patricia Salkin
After the district court dismissed Fisk’s federal claims for failure to state a claim with prejudice, the developer appealed to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. [read post]
4 Feb 2021, 10:09 am by Harrison Thorne and Paul Cowie
  In 1987, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that “[a] waiver of the right to file a charge is void as against public policy. [read post]
3 Feb 2021, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Jackson County, Indiana, (7th Cir., Feb. 2, 2021), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, upheld the constitutionality of a nativity scene as part of a display on the county's historic courthouse lawn. [read post]
2 Feb 2021, 8:28 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Finkel Seyfarth Synopsis:  The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals last week affirmed a district court’s denial of class certification of a state overtime claim on numerosity grounds, reasoning that the touchstone for that element is whether joinder of putative class members is practicable, and a factor to consider is how easily the plaintiff could contact those class members for joinder. [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 12:28 pm by Hector E. Lora
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently vacated a trial court’s judgment of dismissal and remanded with instructions to hold an evidentiary hearing limited to the issue of whether the trial court had subject-matter jurisdiction over a plaintiff’s claim that a dunning letter violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it did not clearly state that interest would accrue on the debt. [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 12:28 pm by Hector E. Lora
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently vacated a trial court’s judgment of dismissal and remanded with instructions to hold an evidentiary hearing limited to the issue of whether the trial court had subject-matter jurisdiction over a plaintiff’s claim that a dunning letter violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it did not clearly state that interest would accrue on the debt. [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 8:14 am by Hector E. Lora
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held that a debt collection letter that references a legal remedy that could be pursued but is ultimately not pursued is not itself a sufficient basis to confer Article III standing. [read post]
27 Jan 2021, 1:50 pm by Christopher P. Hahn
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently vacated judgment in favor of a debt collector against putative class action claims raised by a consumer that its collection letter violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by threatening action that could not legally be taken and amounting to a false representation. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 10:36 am by Andrew Hamm
Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 9th and 10th Circuits have held. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 2:35 pm by Christopher P. Hahn
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently vacated judgment in favor of consumers and certification of a proposed class for claims that a debt collector violated sections 1692e and 1692f of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by excluding a statement that interest would accrue on the debts in their collection letters. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 12:54 pm by John Elwood
Courts of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and the 7th Circuit affirmed. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 7:14 am by Christopher P. Hahn
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of consumers’ claims that a collection letter used false, deceptive, or misleading representations, or otherwise unfair or unconscionable methods to collect a debt, in supposed violation of sections 1692e and 1692f of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). [read post]
15 Jan 2021, 10:46 am by Kaufman Dolowich Voluck
On January 13, 2021, KDV labor and employment litigation partner Karol Corbin Walker appeared via Zoom before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals panel for oral argument, urging the court to reverse a finding that our client unlawfully banned an employee from wearing a vest bearing the slogan “Cellar Lives Matter. [read post]
15 Jan 2021, 10:41 am by Andrew Hamm
Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 5th and, in the case below, the 7th Circuit, have held. [read post]