A bank or other person may collect debts that it purchased for its own account without triggering the statutory requirements of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a unanimous Supreme Court recently ruled.What happenedThe FDCPA was enacted in 1977, placing specific requirements on debt co...
One complaint asserted a failure to provide e(11) disclosures on bankruptcy communications and another alleges the FDCPA was violated for failure to provide a section 1692g notice within five days following the filing of the proof of claim. Another case filed in Florida state court is alleging ...
, 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 alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692, et seq. (“FDCPA...
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Determining Deception or Misrepresentation Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act This Note explores the conflict among the federal circuit courts as to whether a judge or jury should decide if the language contained in a collection lett......