A federal judge in the Southern District of Indiana has denied a summary judgment motion from a defendant after it was sued for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by contacting the nanny of an account holder using an automated telephone dialing system (ATDS) in an attempt to collect …
Read More »Court Relies on Congressional Intent To Grant Summary Judgment in TCPA Case
Eric Troutman from Womble Bond Dickinson has an interesting summary of a case from the District Court for the Western District of New York in which Navient Solutions was granted summary judgment after being sued for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. What makes the case interesting, Troutman points …
Read More »Agency Owner Shares Insights Into Why He Fought — And Won — Instead of Settling
Recently, Action Collection Agency out of Middleboro, Mass., was granted summary judgment in a lawsuit that was filed against it by an individual who alleged the agency violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act over perceived issues in a collection letter sent to the individual. AccountsRecovery.net reached out to Jay …
Read More »Judge Tosses Case Filed by Professional Plaintiff
A man known for filing a lot of lawsuits, including many against collection agencies, has had one thrown out by a federal judge. Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr., from the District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant — a home security system …
Read More »Federal Judge Grants Summary Judgment on TCPA Issue, But Denies It on FDCPA
A judge for the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has granted summary judgment in favor of a collection agency that it did not use an automated telephone dialing system when it attempted to contact an individual for an unpaid debt, relying on the recent Appeals Court decision …
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