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Duguid v. Facebook, Inc.United States Ninth Circuit
Cyberspace Law, Communications Law, Debt CollectionStruck down as unconstitutional a 2015 amendment to the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act that created a debt-collection exception. The issue... |
06/13/2019 | 17-15320 |
Smith v. Simm Associates, Inc.United States Seventh Circuit
Debt CollectionHeld that debtors may not proceed with a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that a debt collector sent them collection letters that improperly... |
06/06/2019 | 18-3350 |
Casillas v. Madison Avenue Associates, Inc.United States Seventh Circuit
Debt CollectionHeld that a plaintiff lacked legal standing to sue a debt collector over missing information in a debt collection letter, which failed to mention that... |
06/04/2019 | 17‐3162 |
Taggart v. LorenzenUnited States Supreme Court
Sanctions, Bankruptcy Law, Debt CollectionClarified the circumstances in which a court may hold a creditor in civil contempt for attempting to collect a debt that a bankruptcy discharge order... |
06/03/2019 | 18–489 |
Berger v. VarumCalifornia Court of Appeal
Debt CollectionRevived a judgment creditor's claim seeking consequential and punitive damages against a debtor. Before eventually paying the judgment, the debtor had... |
05/31/2019 | A150629 |
Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. JacksonUnited States Supreme Court
Class Actions, Civil Procedure, Debt CollectionOn a question of civil procedure, held that a third-party counterclaim defendant -- that is, a party brought into a lawsuit through a counterclaim... |
05/28/2019 | 17–1471 |
Timlick v. National Enterprise Systems, Inc.California Court of Appeal
Class Actions, Debt CollectionHeld that a debt collector could cure its failure to use a minimum type-size in consumer collection letters. However, this did not justify the... |
05/23/2019 | A154235 |
Paz v. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLCUnited States Seventh Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Debt CollectionUpheld a significantly reduced fee award in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case where the plaintiff had rejected meaningful settlement offers... |
05/15/2019 | 17-3259 |
Benzemann v Houslander & Assoc. PLLCUnited States Second Circuit
Civil Procedure, Debt CollectionPlaintiff filed a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim against defendants. The trial court granted summary judgment against plaintiff on the... |
05/13/2019 | 18‐1162‐cv |
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Seila Law LLCUnited States Ninth Circuit
Debt Collection, Banking Law, Consumer Protection LawHeld that the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure is constitutionally permissible. A law firm raised the argument in contending that... |
05/06/2019 | 17-56324 |
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