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McFarland v. Wells Fargo Bank

Property Law & Real Estate, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Contracts
In a contracts action contending that plaintiff's mortgage agreement is an unconscionable contract under the West Virginia Consumer Credit and...

Askew v. HFRC, LLC

Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Contracts
In a debt collection action arising from a car loan, the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant is: 1) affirmed as to plaintiff's...

Garfield v. Owcen Loan Servicing

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
In a debt collection action arising from an underlying bankruptcy, the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's Fair Debt Collection Practices Act...

Talaie v. Wells Fargo Bank

Property Law & Real Estate, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Banking Law
In a putative class action over the duty of creditors to notify borrowers when their mortgage loan has been sold or transferred under 15 U.S.C....

Brinkley v. Monterey Financial Services

Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Debt Collection, Communications Law, Contracts
In a putative class action asserting statutory violations arising from defendant's unlawfully recorded and/or monitored telephone conversations that...

Benzemann v. Citibank

Debt Collection, Banking Law
In a debt collection action raising the question of when a "violation" of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) occurs for the purpose of the...

Hart v. FCI Lender Services, Inc.

Class Actions, Debt Collection
In a borrower's putative class action suit against his lender, seeking damages under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. section...

Gardner v. GMAC, Inc.

Contracts, Debt Collection
In a case involving the issue repossession of cars and when borrowers may seek a remedy after their creditors violate the repossession notice...

Eric M. Berman, P.C. v. City of New York

Debt Collection, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In light of certified questions answered by the New York Court of Appeals, concluding that New York State's authority to regulate attorney conduct...

Beauvoir v. Israel

Debt Collection
Money owed as a result of theft is not an "obligation or alleged obligation of a consumer to pay money arising out of a transaction" and, therefore,...