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Summary Judgment Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Appeals

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Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FDCPA Claims for Lack of Standing, But for Lack of a Causal Connection

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In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of federal claims brought by a mortgagee against Trinity Financial Services, LLC (Trinity) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices...more

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Third Circuit Illustrates Federal Court Presumption for Exercising Concurrent Jurisdiction

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Arsenis v. M&T Bank is a tale of two cases. The bank brought an action against Ms. Arsenis to foreclosure on a mortgage loan in New Jersey Superior Court. Through a combination of defenses and counterclaims in the foreclosure...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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Florida Real Property & Business Litigation Report, Volume 13, Issue 28

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Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., Case No. 19–631 (2020). The federal government cannot exempt itself from the anti-robocall provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, 47 U. S. C....more

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Third Circuit Doubles Down on §1692f Violations

The Third Circuit recently doubled-down on its decision in Douglass v. Convergent Outsourcing, 765 F.3d 299 (3rd Cir. 2014). In Douglass, the Third Circuit held that displaying an internal collection agency reference number...more

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Responding to Consumer-Initiated Inquiry After "Cease" Letter Did Not Violate FDCPA, Eighth Circuit Court Holds

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In Scheffler v. Gurstel Chargo, P.A., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected a career plaintiff’s attempts to manufacture a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) claim by baiting a debt collector into...more

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Dodd-Frank News: November 2015: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Update

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of the consumer finance...more

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Business Litigation Reporter - February 2015

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Goodwin Procter’s Business Litigation Reporter provides timely summaries of key cases and other developments within dedicated Business Litigation sessions and related courts throughout the country – courts within which...more

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