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Read More »Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Class Action Over Judgment Renewals
A District Court judge in Nevada has dismissed – with prejudice – a plaintiff’s class-action complaint that a defendant violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by filing renewals for a judgment on an untimely basis, ruling that the defendant renewed the judgments within the window set forth by state …
Read More »Class Action Accuses Collector of Leaving out Some Reg F Disclosures in Initial Notification
A class-action lawsuit has been filed in federal court in Nevada, accusing a pair of companies of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by allegedly sending an initial notification to the plaintiff without including all of the required validation information required under Regulation F. The notification was sent in …
Read More »Judge Denies Default Judgment Motion in FDCPA Case
Better late than never, a federal judge in Nevada has ruled, denying a motion for default judgment against a defendant in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case because the defendant has now starting to defend itself “in earnest.” A copy of the ruling in the case of Hankerson v. …
Read More »Judge Denies Competing Motions in FDCPA, TCPA Case
A District Court Judge in Nevada has denied competing motions for judgment on the pleadings filed by both the plaintiff and defendant in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Telephone Consumer Protection Act case about calls that were made to the plaintiff by the defendant after the debt had …
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