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A District Court judge in Washington has mostly denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss — she did grant it on one count of the claim — in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case in which the debt collector was accused of attempting to collect a debt that the plaintiff …

A class-action lawsuit has been filed in New Jersey by a plaintiff who claims that a debt buyer allegedly violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it did not have the proper license to authorize a collection law firm to try and collect on a judgment in that state …

A District Court judge in Tennessee is the latest to use the Supreme Court’s ruling in TransUnion v. Ramirez as grounds to determine that a plaintiff lacked standing to sue a collector for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it indicated in a collection letter that additional …

A District Court judge in Washington has awarded two plaintiffs more than $60,000 in emotional damages in a bench trial after suing a collector for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because the defendant attempted to collect more than what was owed and for making false and misleading …

On remand from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a District Court judge in Oregon has partially granted a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that a debt buyer who places accounts with a debt collector can be held vicariously liable for the actions of the debt collector, because the …

A District Court judge in Florida has granted one defendant’s motion to dismiss and another defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case because the plaintiff lacked standing, ruling that the plaintiff should have known the collection letter in question was not misleading …

In a case that was defended by Khari Ferrell of Malone Frost Martin, a District Court judge in Wisconsin has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by informing the plaintiff that it would notify him before reporting …

A District Court judge in Illinois has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it informed the plaintiff in two collection letters that it was not obligated to renew settlement offers that were being made and because …

What determines whether an investigation into a disputed debt is reasonable or not? A District Court judge in Indiana has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, saying that its policies and procedures were “beyond question” in …

A District Court judge in Washington has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss claims it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act after it was accused of continuing to demand payment and moving forward with a collection lawsuit even though it had been notified by the plaintiff’s attorney that the …