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Federal Court Finds Public Service Providers Do Not Qualify as Debt Collectors Under FDCPA

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A federal Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma recently granted the motions of several public entities to dismiss the amended complaint of a pro se plaintiff who brought claims...more

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Indiana Federal Court Dismisses FDCPA Suit Alleging Violations for being an Unlicensed Debt Collector

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In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, the court granted a motion to dismiss in favor of a debt collection law firm and one of its attorneys who were not licensed as debt...more

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EDVA Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant in Putative Class Action Involving Allocation of Mortgage Payments

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On February 24, 2025, the Eastern District of Virginia granted summary judgment in favor of Defendant LoanCare, LLC, on a putative class action alleging that LoanCare violated fair debt collection provisions of the West...more

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Maryland Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment to Debt Collector Who Provided Validation Upon Receipt of Dispute Letter

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In a recent decision, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted summary judgment in favor of a debt collector who responded to a debtor’s letter disputing and refusing to pay a debt by providing validation...more

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District Court Holds Debt Verification In Response to Consumer’s Letter Refusing to Pay, But Disputing the Debt, Is Not a FDCPA...

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A United States District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland rejected a plaintiff’s arguments that a debt collector’s verification of a debt in response to a letter refusing to pay, but disputing...more

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Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FDCPA Claims for Lack of Standing, But for Lack of a Causal Connection

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In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of federal claims brought by a mortgagee against Trinity Financial Services, LLC (Trinity) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices...more

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7th Circuit reverses decision in FDCPA case on negligence standard

On January 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed and remanded a lower court’s decision in a debt dispute under the FDCPA. The plaintiff alleged the defendant, a debt collector, violated the FDCPA by...more

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Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in FDCPA Debt Dispute Case

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This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision reversing a summary judgment order in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case. The court found that there were genuine issues of...more

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Florida District Court Clarifies "Communicating With" Consumers via Email Under FDCPA and FCCPA

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A recent summary judgment decision in Nina Quinn-Davis vs. TrueAccord Corp., Case No. 1:23-cv-23590-LEIBOWITZ/REID (S.D. Fla. Nov. 20, 2024), addresses core merits issues in Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA)...more

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No Standing for FDCPA Claims Due to Lack of Injury: Eighth Circuit Vacates Judgment and Orders Dismissal

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a District Court’s decision granting summary judgment and remanded with instructions to dismiss the case due to lack of standing to assert a claim under the...more

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Lack of Actual Knowledge and Prior Express Consent Defeats FDCPA and TCPA Claims

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a case arising under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). It...more

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Nevada Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment in Debt Collector’s Favor in FDCPA and TCPA Case Alleging Attorney Representation and...

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On September 9, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada granted summary judgment in favor of a debt collector in a case involving alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the...more

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FDCPA Claim: District Court Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Creditor

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On June 14, 2024, in Smitherman v. Midland Credit Mgmt. Inc., the United States District Court for the Western Division of Missouri granted summary judgment for a creditor on a plaintiff’s claim under the Fair Debt Collection...more

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NY District Court: Legal Fees Are Sufficient for Standing in FDCPA Claims

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On May 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a decision holding that legal fees resulting from violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) constitute a...more

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Court grants summary judgment for lack of disputed debt evidence

On May 7, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma entered into an order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant, a debt recovery agency, on the basis that the plaintiff, an individual, failed...more

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Indiana Appeals Court Rules That a Passive Debt Buyer Is a Debt Collector under the FDCPA and State Law

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The Court of Appeals of Indiana recently upheld a lower court’s decision that a debt buyer who purchased a portfolio of defaulted student loans and placed an account with a collection agency qualifies as a “debt collector”...more

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Missouri Federal Court Finds Plaintiff Lacks Standing to Challenge Compliance Condition Code on Consumer Report

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A U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri recently granted a defendant’s summary judgment motion in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case, holding that the plaintiff lacked standing because she did...more

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Illinois Federal District Court Grants Summary Judgment Holding Use of a Local Area Code by a Non-Local Debt Collector Does Not...

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In Brown v. MRS BPO, LLC, the Northern District of Illinois, acting on its own motion, granted summary judgment in favor of the defense on claims asserting violations of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA)....more

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Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment in FDCPA Case Involving Bona Fide Error Defense

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In a matter involving the bona fide error defense to claims asserted under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA), an Indiana court of appeals reversed a trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the...more

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Did I waive the terms of my contract? - McGlinchey Commercial Law Bulletin - July 8, 2022

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Fair Debt Collection Practices Act- In this appeal, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded the District Court for the Northern District of Ohio’s decision, finding the debt collector violated the...more

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Appeals Court Affirms Defendant’s Summary Judgment Ruling in FDCPA Statute of Limitations Case

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In Reddick v. Capouano, Beckman, Russell & Burnett LLC, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed defendant law firm Capouano, Beckman, Russell & Burnett LLC’s (Firm) motion for summary judgment...more

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Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment on Fair Debt Collection Practices Claim Reasoning Lack of Standing

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On August 31, 2021, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment decision from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and remanded the action with instructions to dismiss...more

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Tenth Circuit Affirms Rejection of Bona Fide Error Defense in FDCPA Claim Alleging a Single Collection Call After Receipt of a...

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In Lupia v. Medicredit, Inc., No. 20-1294 (10th Cir. Aug. 17, 2021), the Tenth Circuit affirmed summary judgement in favor of the plaintiff in a claim under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA), finding that the...more

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Court Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant Debt Collector in a FDCPA Case Concerning a Disputed Debt

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In Burns v. Keybridge Med. Revenue Care, No. 2:20-cv-12732 (E.D. Mich. July 22, 2021), the Eastern District of Michigan granted summary judgment in favor of a debt collector, holding that it did not violate the Fair Debt...more

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Debt Collector’s Validation of Debt Did Not Violate the FDCPA as a Matter of Law

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On February 2, Judge Robert T. Dawson, in the Western District of Arkansas, granted a defendant debt collector’s motion for summary judgment. The court determined Monterey Financial Service LLC’s responses to plaintiff Kyle...more

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