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Ballard Spahr LLP

Debt collector asks 11th Cir. for en banc review of decision applying FDCPA restriction on third-party communications to debt...

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Last month, in a very troubling decision of first impression, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the lower court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s FDCPA claim, instead ruling that...more

Adams and Reese LLP

Eleventh Circuit Renews the FDCPA as a Consumer Privacy Statute; Deals Major Blow to Debt Collection Services Industry

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Does the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the FDCPA) apply to communications between a debt collector and its vendors? And, is the FDCPA a consumer privacy statute?  In an apparent issue of first impression, the...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Why an Opinion from the Eleventh Circuit is Keeping Creditors Up at Night

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A recent federal appeals decision is sending shockwaves throughout the financial services sector. In Hunstein v. Preferred Collection & Mgmt. Services, Inc., the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that, under the...more

Blank Rome LLP

District Court of New Jersey Holds No Duty Under FDCPA to Warn of Tax Consequences for Debt Settlement

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In a case of first impression in the Third Circuit, Vincent Carieri v. Midland Credit Management, Inc., No. 17-0009 (D.N.J. June 26, 2017), the District Court of New Jersey held that that a debt collector does not have a duty...more

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