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Federal Judge Sanctions Pittsburgh Law Firm for Writing ‘Imaginary’ Letters on Behalf of Clients in Debt Disputes

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/21/2024

A Pennsylvania federal judge has imposed sanctions and lambasted a law firm and its attorneys for having employees write falsified letters on behalf of clients involved in debt collection disputes....more

Classified Monthly: A Roundup of Class Action Decisions From Federal Appellate Courts - February 2024

Carlton Fields on 3/20/2024

The Roundup is a monthly publication that covers the previous month’s notable class action decisions from federal appellate courts, as well as notable Supreme Court cert petitions related to class actions....more

Analysis and Strategic Implications of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Brown

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/28/2023

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) brought an action against 18 defendants under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) for engaging in or substantially...more

Eleventh Circuit rules district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing defendants in CFPB enforcement action as...

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/15/2023

A unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the district court’s order dismissing several defendants as sanctions for the CFPB’s continuation of “obstructionist conduct” in...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending May 22, 2020

Carlton Fields on 6/6/2020

Real Property Update - Wrongful Foreclosure: Borrower could not sustain wrongful foreclosure claim against lender where certificate of sale had been vacated and certificate of title was never issued – Jallali v. Christiana...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending May 17, 2019

Carlton Fields on 5/22/2019

Real Property Update - Sanctions / Dismissal: trial court abused discretion in dismissing bank’s foreclosure action; record established bank complied with discovery orders on which the motion for dismissal/sanctions was...more

Alabama Bankruptcy Court Holds That Filing Proof of Claim for Time-Barred Debt Cannot Give Rise to FDCPA Claim or Sanctions

Burr & Forman on 9/23/2015

In Jenkins v. Midland Credit Management, Inc., the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama held that the filing of a proof of claim based on a time-barred debt cannot give rise to a claim for damages under...more

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