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A District Court judge in California has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when it was sued because the collection agency it placed a debt with sent a collection letter that indicated the plaintiff would …

A collection law firm in New Jersey is facing a pair of class-action lawsuits that have been filed against it in Pennsylvania, accusing the firm of not sending mandatory notices required by law when suing individuals and for enrolling individuals in automatic payment plans without first obtaining their consent. A …

A District Court judge in Illinois has granted a plaintiff’s motion for class certification as well as a motion for summary judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case that hinged on the defendant’s inclusion of an internal notation when it identified the creditor to whom the debt was …

A District Court judge in Wisconsin has certified a class in a case against a collection agency accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by saying it “may” commence a civil action if the debt was not paid even though it had no intention of doing so. A …

A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it was not specific enough in a collection letter with respect to the deadline for receiving a payment. A copy of the ruling …

A District Court judge in Indiana has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by including line items for “interest” and other “charges” even though the amounts were zero and no such fees could be added to the …

A lack of written policies and procedures may have led to a plaintiff being partially granted summary judgment in a case in which a collection agency is alleged to have violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it used the phrase “your creditors” in a letter sent to the …

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a collection agency, accusing it of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for indicating in a letter that the individual may be offered less favorable credit terms in the future from the original creditor if the debt was settled for less than …

A Connecticut-based collection agency is the subject of a class-action lawsuit for allegedly attempting to collect debts in Massachusetts without a license. A plaintiff, Robin Ray, filed the lawsuit against Atlantic Collection Agency yesterday in a federal court in Massachusetts. A copy of the complaint can be accessed by clicking …