Tag Archives: Disputes

The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed one summary judgment ruling in favor of a defendant that was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act yesterday while overturning a separate summary judgment ruling, concluding that one defendant was entitled to the FDCPA’s bona fide error defense …

A District Court judge in Maryland has granted a plaintiff’s motion to strike four of the five affirmative defenses put forth by a defendant in a Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case — including the use of the Bona Fide Error defense — ruling that …

The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld a ruling in favor of a credit repair organization that was sued by a debt collector for allegedly perpetrating a fraud by failing to disclose it was sending letters to the collector in its clients names and on their behalves, …