all - Opinion Summaries

HAMILTON v. UNITED HEALTHCARE OF LOUISIANA, INC.

Insurance Law, Debt Collection
The district court's determination, that plaintiff's obligation to pay for reimbursement of benefits paid by defendant as plaintiff's group health...

ESKANOS & ADLER, P.C. v. LEETIEN

Bankruptcy Law, Sanctions, Debt Collection
11 U.S.C. section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code imposes an affirmative duty to discontinue post-petition collection actions, and sanctions are...

HAMILTON v. UNITED HEALTHCARE OF LOUISIANA, INC.

Insurance Law, Debt Collection
The district court's determination, that plaintiff's obligation to pay for reimbursement of benefits paid by defendant as plaintiff's group health...

YU v. SIGNET BANK/VIRGINIA

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Debt Collection
In a suit to redress an improper debt collection practice of Virginia banks against California residents, judgment for bank defendants is reversed,...

PETER v. GC SERVS. L.P.

Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
A debt collection letter did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Act) where challenged language did not demand payment in a specific...

MCSTAY v. I.C. SYSTEM, INC.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a putative class action, ambiguity in a letter as to when the thirty-day period to dispute a debt would begin to run was not sufficiently confusing...

NIELSEN v. DICKERSON

Consumer Protection Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Debt Collection
Where a letter sent by an attorney falsely suggested that an attorney had become actively involved in a credit card company's debt collection...

REGIONAL PARKING, INC. v. DEP'T OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Administrative Law, Transportation, Debt Collection
An attorney's attempt to obtain confidential residence addresses from the DMV, to collect parking fees, does not meet the requirement of Vehicle Code...

JOHNSON v. RIDDLE

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Debt Collection
Under Utah law, a holder of a dishonored check may not collect a shoplifting penalty, thus an attorney violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act...

US v. ZATS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Debt Collection
A "vulnerable victim" sentence enhancement, under U.S.S.G. section 3A1.1(b), was proper where an attorney used a debt collection practice to defraud...