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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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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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Federal Court Applies Nevada’s Interest Statute in FDCPA Case

Debt collectors are often at the mercy of their client’s customer contracts when collecting a debt. We often encourage debt collectors to work with their clients to fashion consumer contracts that avoid or minimize FDCPA risk...more

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Court Orders Debt Collectors to Pay $11 Million to FTC

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On October 31, the United States District Court for the Western District of New York granted the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) motion for summary judgment against a group of debt collectors, finding that the debt...more

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