Tag Archives: District Court for the District of Utah

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We were so close to what I think would have been our first ruling on the safe harbor of using the Model Validation Notice, but a District Court judge in Utah ruled a plaintiff lacked standing to pursue his Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit because the defendant purchased the …

A District Court judge in Utah has approved a requested award for attorney’s fees in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, but lowered the award for the named plaintiff in the class-action case, ruling that an incentive award beyond what is statutorily allowed was not authorized under the FDCPA. …

A District Court judge in Utah has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class action case, ruling that it did not need a license to collect in that state in order to file collection lawsuits against the two named plaintiffs. The judge ruled that …

It’s Independence Day weekend here in the United States, so is there a better time to discuss the First Amendment to the Constitution? The timing is just coincidental, though, to Judge Howard Neilson of the District Court for the District of Utah, who relied heavily on the First Amendment’s Petition …