Tag Archives: 1692g(a)(5)

A class-action lawsuit has been filed in New Jersey alleging a collector violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by overshadowing the validation notice in a collection letter when it made reference to furnishing information to a credit reporting agency once the validation period expired. A copy of the complaint …

Synonyms and semantics can be deadly when in the hands of a federal judge. A defendant is learning that lesson the hard way after a District Court judge in New Jersey denied a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that the words …

A Pennsylvania debt collector is facing a class-action lawsuit in New Jersey after it was accused of sending an initial communication that included a statement in the validation notice that said a dispute could be filed either verbally or in writing. A copy of the complaint in the case of …