Compliance

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against a collection agency for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by sending a collection notice that failed to inform the plaintiff of his rights even though it used the exact language from the …

A federal judge in Indiana has disqualified a lawyer representing a plaintiff in a collection lawsuit because the lawyer previously worked at a different firm that represented the defendant, according to a published report. Jamie Lynn Holmes filed a lawsuit against Credit Protection Association, alleging the company violated the Telephone …

Crunch San Diego has asked the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to stay its ruling in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case so it can request a hearing before the Supreme Court. The Ninth Circuit ruled in September that Crunch violated the TCPA when it sent text messages to …

Even though the number of lawsuits alleging collection agencies have violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act may be on the decline, complying with the TCPA has never been so complicated, in the wake of a number of legal rulings and proposed rules that seemingly reinterpret the law on a daily …

A federal judge in the Northern District of Indiana, Fort Wayne Division, has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit that alleged it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by overshadowing the 30-day dispute notification window in a collection letter. A copy of the ruling in LaMarr v. …

Not knowing when to quit is going to cost a plaintiff after the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an attempted appeal on a summary judgment ruling and jury award in favor of a group of collection agencies was “frivolous” and awarded one of the agencies attorney fees and …

Plaintiff’s attorneys and professional plaintiffs appeared to take vacations in September, filing significantly fewer lawsuits against collection agencies alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, according to data released on Friday by WebRecon. The number of lawsuits …

With all the attention focused on collection letters these days, it can be heartening to see the industry get a win. A federal judge in Illinois has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after a plaintiff filed suit alleging the letter he received violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act …

A federal judge in California indicated yesterday that he is likely to certify a class action lawsuit against a number of defendants for allegedly using false threats of imprisonment to coerce individuals into making payments, even though the defendant argues it has already paid a fine that was levied by …

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has certified a class-action lawsuit against a collection law firm for allegedly sending collection letters that falsely implied they were sent by an attorney or that an attorney had reviewed the underlying accounts. A copy of the ruling in the case of Gibbons v. Weltman, …