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Read More »Pa. Appeals Court Affirms Ruling That SOL Disclosure Not Required in Late Letters
A collector is not obligated to include a notification that the statute of limitations on a debt has expired as long as it does not initiate or threaten legal action on the debt, the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled yesterday in affirming a lower court’s decision. A copy of the ruling …
Read More »Appeals Court Overturns Dismissal of FDCPA Suit
There is a lot of background details to unpack here and I will try to get them all, but this may be one of those cases where you need to read the full ruling to get all the information you’re going to need to fully understand what is going on. …
Read More »Class Action Accuses Defendant of Sending Letters With Conflicting SOL Information
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Read More »Judge Grants MJOP in FDCPA Case Over Time-Barred Claim
A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, agreeing with the defendant that the plaintiff’s complaint is time-barred under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s one-year statute of limitations. A copy of the ruling in the case of Woods v. CACH can …
Read More »Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Class Action Over SOL Disclosure in Letter
A District Court judge in New Jersey has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class-action related to the statute of limitations disclosure in a collection letter, affirming that the disclosure made by the defendant is one that has already been ruled on by other …
Read More »Class-Action Accuses Defendant of Not Including SOL Disclosure in Letter
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Read More »Class-Action Accuses Collector of Violating FDCPA By Including NY DFS SOL Disclosure on Back of MVN
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Read More »Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Text Messages
A lesson to plaintiffs everywhere – make sure to mind your P’s and Q’s. A District Court judge in Georgia has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that the statute of limitations on the alleged violation had expired because the plaintiff first …
Read More »Va. Gov. Vetoes SOL, Debt Collection Bills
The governor of Virginia has vetoed two bills related to medical debt collection, although there may be enough voted in the state legislature to override both vetoes, according to published reports. One bill, introduced by state Rep. Nadarius Clark, would have lowered the statute of limitations on medical debts to …
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