Tag Archives: 1692c(b)

A District Court judge in Illinois has denied a plaintiff’s request to move a Hunstein case back to state court, ruling that the Eleventh Circuit’s decision in the case lays the groundwork for the kind of concrete injury that is needed to be suffered in order for the case to …

A District Court judge in Mississippi has denied a defendant’s motion to stay a Hunstein case, ruling that it did not meet its burden of “establishing a clear case of hardship or inequity,” and because the Eleventh Circuit has not yet “agreed to take the rare step of” granting the …

It might not be a Hunstein case, but a District Court judge in Missouri has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by disclosing the existence of a debt to a third party — in …

A District Court judge in Illinois has denied motions in two separate Hunstein cases seeking to remove cases back to state court, ruling that the plaintiffs have alleged to have suffered concrete harms and thus have standing to sue in federal court. Both cases were originally filed in state court, …

In one fell swoop on Friday, a District Court judge in New York dismissed six Hunstein cases for lack of standing, ruling that a recent Supreme Court decision “casts significant doubt on the continued viability of Hunstein” cases, but giving the plaintiffs time to amend their complaints, either in federal …

A District Court judge in Florida has denied a defendant’s motion to stay a Hunstein case, ruling that the pending en banc petition in Hunstein before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals “does not affect the precedential value” of the ruling, “which is the law of this circuit.” A copy …

The defendant in the Hunstein case yesterday filed its petition with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to have the case re-heard before all of the court’s judges — known as an en banc hearing — arguing that the three-judge panel erred when it ruled last month that a …

The defendant in the Hunstein case before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday asked for, and received, a two-week extension to file its petition for an en banc rehearing before the entire panel of Eleventh Circuit judges. The deadline to submit the petition was originally set for May 12, …

The number of 1692c(b) lawsuits alleging that a debt collector communicated information with a third party in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act continues to explode in the weeks following the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’s ruling in Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services. There have been …

The number of class-action lawsuits accusing debt collectors of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by communicating with a third party — a letter vendor — about the existence of a debt when it sent the plaintiff’s personal information to the vendor to be included in and mailed out …