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21 Dec 2008, 2:35 pm by Michael Stevens
Plaintiff’s appeal challenges the district court’s decision, after a bifurcated trial on some claims, to dismiss the remaining federal claims as barred by the oneyear limitations period set forth in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. [read post]
26 Aug 2016, 5:00 am by Gary W. Becker
  The FTC cautioned that it hoped to avoid “a hyper-technical reading of the [FDCPA] that allows contact only with statutorily mandated, but in reality, non-existent administrators or executors. [read post]
9 Jan 2024, 9:05 pm by renholding
abstract_id=3451316. [4] See John Rossman, Is There a “Silver Bullet” for Defeating FDCPA and TCPA Claims? [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 6:35 am by admin
  In America, we have the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) powerful consumer-protection statutes that limit collectors’ ability to intimidate customers or extort payment. [read post]
10 Feb 2025, 4:52 pm by Adam Levitin
The Consumer Financial Protection Act and the enumerated consumer laws (TILA, EFTA, FDCPA, FCRA, ECOA, etc.) can only be repealed or amended by act of Congress, and Trump-Musk doesn’t have the votes to change those laws. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 8:08 am by Erin Miller
Hartman Docket: 09-606 Issue: (1) Whether various provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act are unconstitutional as applied to literally true but potentially misleading representations in pleadings under the First Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and the Commerce Clause; and (2) whether evidence that a debt collector acted in good faith and reasonably under the circumstances qualifies for the FDCPA’s “bona fide error” defense. [read post]
30 Sep 2007, 6:29 am
("LS&R") on Lamar's claim that LS&R violated the notice provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"), 15 U.S.C. [read post]
30 May 2020, 11:39 am by Sam Turco
  Presidential candidate Joe Biden recently came out in support of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s bankruptcy reform plan, which is somewhat embarrassing because she is basically proposing to nullify the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005 championed by Biden. [read post]
  Debt collectors were found to have violated the FDCPA provision that prohibits collectors from falsely representing the character, amount, or legal status of any debt by continuing attempts to collect debts and offering settlements after being informed the debts were created through fraud. [read post]
9 Sep 2022, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Eighth Circuit: Yeah, the debt collector may have violated the FDCPA, but the statute exists to protect consumers, and you—random lawyer dude—aren't the kind of plaintiff who can sue to enforce it. [read post]
10 Dec 2015, 10:45 am by John Elwood
” And in Sheriff, the cert. petition asks (1) whether special counsel are state “officers” within the meaning of an exception to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA); and (2) whether it’s “materially misleading under [the FDCPA] for special counsel to use Attorney General letterhead to convey that they are collecting debts owed to the state on behalf of the Attorney General. [read post]
2 Oct 2019, 10:21 am by Deborah Heller
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the following cases for the upcoming term. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 3:00 pm by Amy Howe
Allen, the issue before the Solicitor General is the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a consumer protection law – specifically, whether letters by a debt collection agency to a debtor’s lawyer can serve as the basis for a lawsuit under the FDCPA. [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 2:20 pm by Erin Miller
This edition of “Petitions to Watch” features cases up for consideration at the Justices’ private conference on Friday, February 19. [read post]
15 Dec 2020, 1:40 pm by Adam C. Ragan
“At what point do we simply say . . . this statute is an ill fit for current technology? [read post]