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On June 30, in Miljkovic v. Shafritz and Dinkin, P.A., the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held in a case of first impression that representations made by an attorney in court filings during the course of debt-collection litigation are actionable under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) but that …

On July 14, 2015, a federal judge in Atlanta denied a law firm’s Motion to Dismiss a claim against it filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) and the Consumer Financial Protection Act or the Dodd-Frank Act (“Dodd-Frank”).

The CFPB filed suit against a…

On June 30, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals joined a number of federal judicial circuits in holding that immaterial misstatements do not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

In this case, Plaintiff defaulted on her loan, and Defendant – a debt collector – obtained a default judgment against her.  Defendant then…

In Simon v. FIA Card Services, N.A., the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey addressed whether the defendants engaged in false, misleading, or deceptive conduct in connection with their service of a subpoena for a Rule 2004 examination in the context of a bankruptcy proceeding.  In granting the defendants’ …

On May 12, in Tamara Diaz v. Kubler Corporation d/b/a Alternative Recovery Management, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 in favor of a collection agency on issues related to including interest in debt collection notices.  The Court of Appeals reversed the district court and held that a collection letter seeking 10 percent …

Lawsuits filed by consumers under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and Fair Credit Reporting Act all increased from February to March 2015, according to the latest report from WebRecon.

FDCPA lawsuits increased by 3.9 percent (892 to 927), from February to March, and FCRA lawsuits increased 3.3 percent (245 to…

Authored by Alexandria J. Reyes and Benjamin R. Carlsen

Two federal district courts have dismissed lawsuits filed against debt collectors, holding that filing proofs of claim in a bankruptcy case on debt subject to a statute of limitations defense is not actionable under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

In Donaldson v. LVNV Funding, LLC…

On April 13, Judge Beth Phillips, a federal judge in the Western District of Missouri, granted summary judgment in favor of Credit World Services, Inc. (“CWS”) in a case filed by a consumer that owed a debt to CWS (full opinion found here).  In the lawsuit, Plaintiff alleges that CWS violated the Fair…

On March 12, 2015, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision to grant a motion for judgment on the pleadings in a putative class action alleging that a collection law firm violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by seeking attorneys’ fees from a consumer who defaulted on a credit…

A recent decision of the Northern District of Ohio, Vantu v. Echo Recovery, L.L.C., held that a repossession agency, while generally not subject to liability under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, becomes subject to such liability when it undertakes to repossess collateral that it does not have a present right to possess.

This case…