A recent decision issued by Chief Judge Timothy J. Corrigan of the Middle District of Florida highlights a straightforward yet consequential class action principle: a plaintiff cannot serve as a class representative for a...more
On July 1, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a published decision in Lamirand v. Fay Servicing LLC that addressed an asserted conflict between the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Truth in...more
The Eleventh Circuit’s decision in Hunstein v. Preferred Collection & Management Services Inc. has already changed the status quo in the debt collection industry, as the court itself predicted. Whether it will lead to any...more
Serving a Rule 68 offer of judgment for maximum individual statutory damages before the filing of a class certification motion was once a common strategy used to moot putative class actions alleging claims for violations of...more