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Read More »Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case for Lack of Standing
Too little, too late, a District Court judge in New York has ruled, granting a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, determining that claims raised by the plaintiff in opposing the motion to dismiss to prove she had standing do not reach the threshold necessary …
Read More »Judge Grants Motion to Compel Arbitration in TCPA Class Action
A Magistrate judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class-action case involving debt collection calls that were made to the plaintiff for a company credit card years after the plaintiff stopped working at the company. A copy of the …
Read More »Complaint Accuses Firm of Pursuing Collection Suit After Claim of ID Theft
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Read More »Class Action Accuses Defendant of Sending Letters With Conflicting SOL Information
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Read More »Judge Grants MSJ in FDCPA Case Over Settlement Offer in Letter
In a case that was defended by Cooper Walker and the team at Frost Echols, a District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, ruling a plaintiff lacked standing to pursue a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case because she did not suffer a …
Read More »Judge Grants MJOP in FDCPA Case Over Lack of Interest Disclosure on Settlement Offer
In a case that was defended by Cooper Walker and the team at Frost Echols, a District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it did not state in …
Read More »Class-Action Accuses Defendant of Not Including SOL Disclosure in Letter
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Read More »Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Fees, Charges Line Item in Letter
Ahh, remember the good ole’ days, before Regulation F went into effect? The different types of collection letters and notices were as numbered as the stars in the night sky. Interpreting what those letters meant was — and still is — left to judges across the land. Thus, it was …
Read More »Judge Grants MSJ For Defendant in FDCPA Case After Plaintiff Claims to Lose Out on Promotion
A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case in which the plaintiff alleged — too little, too late it appears — that she lost out on a promotion because her employer learned that the defendant …
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