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Read More »Report Recommends 20% Reduction in Attorney’s Fees in FDCPA Case
A Magistrate Court judge in New York has recommended a 20% drop in the attorney’s fees and costs to be paid by the defendant in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case that settled via arbitration proceedings, determining that the hourly fee sought by the plaintiff’s attorneys was more than …
Read More »Judge Dismisses FDCPA Class for Lack of Standing Related to SOL Disclosure
A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class-action lawsuit, ruling the plaintiff lacked standing to sue after arguing that a violation of state law cause the alleged FDCPA infraction. A copy of the ruling in the case …
Read More »Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over References to Attorney Review in Letter
A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because a collection letter included five references to an attorney potentially reviewing the account in question to pursue legal collection activities, which allegedly …
Read More »Judge Remands FDCPA Case Over Duplicate Notices, Hunstein Claims Back to State Court
A District Court judge has granted a plaintiff’s request to remand a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case back to the state court in which it was originally filed, but declined to award attorneys’ fees, ruling that “jurisprudence in this District and the Second Circuit” on the topic of standing …
Read More »Judge Dismisses Case Claiming Reg F Violation for Lack of Standing
In a case involving a claim that a defendant violated one of the provisions of Regulation F, a District Court judge in New York has dismissed a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling the plaintiff lacked standing to sue after receiving a letter that, among other issues, failed to …
Read More »Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Class Action Over Different Settlement Offers in Letters
A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class-action, albeit for lack of standing even though both sides agreed that the plaintiff suffered a concrete injury, after the plaintiff received two collection letters that offered to settle the …
Read More »Complaint Accuses Collector of Violating FDCPA, Reg F Because Letter was Undated
Consumer attorneys are seizing upon the fact that validation notices sent to consumers no longer need to have the date the letter was mailed on it, and are suing collectors for violating Regulation F and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, alleging that the validation date provided in those notices …
Read More »Judge Remands FDCPA Case Back to State Court
Standing, with respect to Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuits these days, is not necessarily always a black-and-white situation. Whether a plaintiff suffered a concrete injury sufficient enough to have standing to sue in federal court is a moving target, but judges have generally indicated that in order to have …
Read More »Judge Grants Motion for Judgment in Favor of Defendant Over Interest Disclosure, Settlement Offer Expiration in Letter
In a case that was defended by the team at Malone Frost Martin, a District Court judge has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a Fair Debt Collection Practices class action after alleging that the amount owed listed in a collection letter was lower than it …
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