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18 Jan 2017, 10:47 am by Hector E. Lora
District Court for the Middle District of Florida recently granted in part a mortgage loan servicer’s motion to dismiss a consumer borrower’s claims under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA), the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), […]Hector E. [read post]
21 Mar 2019, 8:12 am by Eric Rosenkoetter
McCarthy & Holthus LLP on March 20, ruling the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act does not cover persons engaged in “non-judicial foreclosures” except with respect to a single provision contained in the FDCPA. [read post]
19 Mar 2021, 1:45 pm by Daniel Miller
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a trial court’s judgment that an insurer had no duty to defend a debt collector in an action brought by a consumer asserting claims under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), as well as common law claims of defamation and invasion of privacy. [read post]
3 Oct 2023, 1:05 pm by Daniel Miller
The Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District, recently affirmed the dismissal of a claim for supposed violations of the federal Fair Debt Collections Practices Act where the consumer plaintiff failed to allege facts that the money sought to be collected was a “debt” as defined by section 1692a(5) of the FDCPA, and the demand letter from the defendant law firm indicated that the debt was commercial in nature. [read post]
22 Jan 2018, 6:43 am by Jeffrey Karek
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held that “debt collectors cannot immunize themselves from FDCPA liability by blindly copying and pasting the Miller safe harbor language” where that language is inaccurate under the circumstances. [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 8:11 am by Amy Jonker
Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker & Moore, LLC, 825 F.3d 788, 791 (7th Cir. 2016), holding this time that a debt collector that relied upon circuit precedent interpreting the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) […] Amy Jonker [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 4:13 am
As Matter of First Impression, FDCPA Permits Consumers to Notify Debt Collectors of Dispute Within 30 Days of Receiving Debt Collectors’ Letter Necessitating Reversal of Summary Judgment in Favor of Defense in FDCPA Class Action Second Circuit Holds Plaintiff filed a putative nationwide class action complaint against Healthcare Financial Services (HFS), a “debt collector” within the meaning of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act… [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 6:40 pm by Don Petersen
Alliance One Receivables Management, Inc. allegedly called relatives according to FDCPA lawsuits filed in Florida, New York and California. [read post]
19 Oct 2020, 11:16 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky
., and Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. alleging that the defendants engaged in various unlawful practices in violation of the FDCPA, the CFPA, and a 2015 administrative consent order between the defendants and the CFPB. [read post]
24 Dec 2009, 10:23 pm by Consumer Litigation Group
A South Jersey woman sued Midland Funding, LLC alleging that it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. 1692, et seq. [read post]
16 Jan 2015, 6:00 am by Ryan Goellner
In reversing, the Sixth Circuit noted three points about the letter and the FDCPA. [read post]
24 Oct 2016, 8:57 am by Richard Payne
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently confirmed that a law firm and its employees, who pursued foreclosure on behalf of creditors, were acting as “debt collectors” under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) when they pursued foreclosure proceedings against a borrower. [read post]
7 Apr 2021, 2:10 pm by Daniel Miller
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently reversed a trial court’s dismissal of allegations that the defendant violated the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by sending a collection letter threatening litigation over a time-barred or "out-of-statute" debt and filing a lawsuit seeking to collect the debt. [read post]
11 Jul 2019, 8:04 am by Barbara S. Mishkin
In this podcast, we look at the changes to the FDCPA validation notice that the CFPB’s proposed debt collection rules would make and discuss compliance challenges and other issues raised by the changes, including the requirement to itemize the debt, the dispute “tear-off” form, the option to provide Spanish and other foreign language translations of the notice, and electronic delivery of the notice. [read post]