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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
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
The Third Circuit Court of Appeal recently weighed in on the burgeoning number of cases alleging that debt collector use of mailing vendors requires communication with a third party about consumer debt that violates the Fair...more
A recent Ninth Circuit decision confirmed that the one-year statute of limitations under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) begins to run when a collection attorney takes the last action that could independently...more
In Louis v. Deshmukh, Civil Action No. 21-19902 (D.N.J. July 27, 2022), the District of New Jersey denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action, asserting claims under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA)...more
In Pierre v. Midland Credit Management, Inc., — F.4th —, 2022 WL 986441 (7th Cir. Apr. 1, 2022), the Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a claim under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), finding that the...more
On December 2, 2019, the United States government submitted a brief to the Supreme Court urging it to deny review of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling holding a provision of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)...more
A district court has granted a motion to compel arbitration based on an arbitration clause in an agreement sent via text message and agreed to via a reply text. ...more
In Marquez v. Weinstein, Pinson & Riley, P.S., No. 15-3273, – F.3d –, 2016 WL 4651403 (7th Cir. Sept. 7, 2016), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a validation notice in a complaint to collect a debt violated the...more
For those tracking Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) litigation for financial institutions and loan servicers, an opinion recently issued by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals provides new insight on the...more
In Powers v. Credit Mgmt. Servs., Inc., No. 13-2831 (8th Cir. Jan. 13, 2015), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the District of Nebraska’s order granting class certification of an action...more