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A District Court judge in California has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss — although giving the plaintiff an opportunity to amend his complaint — after it was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it allegedly did not update information that was being furnished to the …

A District Court judge in Illinois has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that emails sent to the plaintiff by the defendant did not violate the statute. The case presents an interesting twist on standing to sue under the FDCPA …

A District Court judge in New Jersey — taking the issue up all on her own — has ruled that a plaintiff lacks standing to sue a collection agency after accusing it of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it used multiple addresses in a collection letter and …

A District Court judge in Illinois has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, ruling that the defendant was engaged in early-out collections and that it was not attempting to collect on a debt that was in …

A class-action complaint has been filed in federal court in North Carolina accusing a collector of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by sending a text message to a consumer that created “a false sense of urgency” because of how it was worded, and for not identifying itself as …

A complaint has been filed accusing a collection agency of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Regulation F because it apparently did not use a Model Validation Notice and allegedly did not provide the itemization information required when it sent its first written communication attempting to collect on …

A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because settlement offers mentioned in an initial collection notice allegedly violated the 30-day dispute window. A copy of the ruling in the case of Bernard …

A complaint has been filed in California accusing a collector of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Regulation F by attempting to collect a debt through calls and text messages to the plaintiff’s cell phone after consent had been revoked and after the debt in question had been …

A class-action complaint originally filed in state court in Florida has been removed to federal court at the request of the defendant, which is being sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for a number of alleged violations, including not providing a proper end of the validation period …