A District Court judge in Florida went to great lengths to spell out exactly why a plaintiff lacked standing to sue in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case in which she alleged a collection law firm did not engage in meaningful attorney involvement before sending a validation notice on …
Read More »Judge Dismisses FDCPA Case About Letters to Collect on Discharged Debt For Lack of Standing
A District Court judge has ruled that a plaintiff does not have standing to sue a collector that sent two collection letters seeking to collect on a debt that had been discharged in bankruptcy in which the letters indicated that the collector would update “credit data it may have” already …
Read More »Seventh Circuit Issues Another Ruling on Standing; ‘Stress and Confusion’ Not Enough to Sue
The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is back with another ruling on standing to sue in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit, remanding a case back to the District Court for it to be dismissed after a debt collector was sued for sending a letter to an …
Read More »Judge Grants Motion to Remand FDCPA Case Back to State Court
This is one of those “I’m not an attorney, but it seems like an interesting case because I think it speaks to something that a panelist said on one of my webinars would start happening” cases. A District Court judge in Wisconsin has granted a plaintiff’s motion to remand a …
Read More »TransUnion Makes Case to Decertify Class in $40M FCRA Case
A credit reporting agency has filed its brief with the Supreme Court as it seeks to have a class of plaintiffs decertified in a Fair Credit Reporting Act case that will answer the question of whether every member of a class must have Article III standing in order to recover …
Read More »NDIL Judge Uses New Standing Rulings to Grant MTD in FDCPA Letter Case
In one of the first cases to reference a series of rulings from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on the issue of plaintiffs’ standing to sue, a District Court judge in Illinois has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case because the “stress, …
Read More »Seventh Circuit Issues Another Ruling on Standing, Affirming Lower Court Dismissal
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals continued its assault on standing in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act cases yesterday, affirming a District Court ruling that a plaintiff lacked standing to sue a debt collector because she did not try to show an intent to dispute a debt while suing because …
Read More »Judge Grants MSJ For Defendant, Vacates Class Certification In FDCPA Creditor ID Case
A District Court judge in Wisconsin has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class-action case, determining that the plaintiff lacked standing to sue because he took no action to clarify his confusion over whom he should pay after receiving a collection letter …
Read More »Compliance Digest – January 4
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Read More »Compliance Digest – December 28
I’m thrilled to announce that Bedard Law Group is the new sponsor for the Compliance Digest. Bedard Law Group, P.C. – Compliance Support – Defense Litigation – Nationwide Complaint Management – Turnkey Speech Analytics. And Our New BLG360 Program – Your Low Monthly Retainer Compliance Solution. Visit www.bedardlawgroup.com, email John H. Bedard, Jr., or call (678) 253-1871. Every week, …
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