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JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENSE IN FCRA PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE CASE In a case that was defended by the team at Malone Frost Martin, a District Court judge in Indiana has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act when …

COLLECTION AGENCIES RECEIVED $422M THROUGH PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM Nearly 90 companies identifying themselves as collection agencies received more than $1 million in loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, with the top company receiving nearly $9 million, according to an analysis of data released by the Small Business Administration. HOW TO …

APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS RULING FOR DEFENDANT IN TCPA RE-CONSENT CASE The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s ruling in favor of a defendant that was sued for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by contacting an individual on his cell phone using an automated …

JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA CLASS ACTION OVER $0.00 BALANCE LINE ITEM IN LETTER In a case that was defended by Patrick Newman at Bassford Remele, a District Court judge in Wisconsin has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued in a putative class action for violating …

GETTING TO KNOW STACY WILLIS OF ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT RESOURCES All Stacy Willis was looking for was a job. Re-entering the workforce following the birth of her second child, she wasn’t thinking about a career. But she found one. Two decades later, Stacy is now the Director of Operations at that …

EDNY JUDGE DENIES MTD IN FDCPA CASE OVER REFERENCE TO CREDITOR IN LETTER A District Court judge in New York has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by not properly identifying the creditor to whom a debt …

APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS RULING IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT IN FDCPA CASE The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned a lower court’s ruling in favor of a defendant that was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by attempting to collect on a debt that had …

FTC SECURES $24M JUDGMENT AGAINST COLLECTION AGENCY A $24 million judgment has been entered against a collection agency and one of the agency’s co-owners has been ordered to divest himself of his ownership stake in the company that purchased the collection agency in question after it was accused by the …

EDPA JUDGE PARTIALLY DENIES MTD IN FCRA CASE A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has become the latest to tackle the issue of whether a plaintiff has standing to sue when claiming certain violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, partially denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss in a class-action …

EDNY JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA LETTER CASE A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for violating a number of provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, such as including multiple addresses in a collection letter and because …