On December 10, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Rotkiske v. Klemm, et al., No. 18-328, holding that the one-year statute of limitations set out in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) begins to...more
12/11/2019
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Credit Cards ,
Debt Collectors ,
Default Judgment ,
Discovery Rule ,
Equitable Tolling ,
FDCPA ,
Rotkiske v. Klemm ,
SCOTUS ,
Service of Process ,
Statute of Limitations
On June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court decided Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., No. 16–349, holding that a company may collect debts that it purchased for its own account without triggering the statutory definition of...more
6/13/2017
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Consumer Protection Laws ,
Debt Buyers ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
FDCPA ,
Henson v Santander Consumer USA ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On May 15, 2017, the Supreme Court decided Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson, No. 16-348. The Court held that a creditor’s proof of claim that made clear that the statute of limitations to collect the debt had run was not...more