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Judge Dismisses Third-Party Complaint Filed by Collection Law Firm

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A District Court judge in New Jersey has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a third-party complaint filed against it by a collection law firm over issues with a wage garnishment. The background: The dispute began when the plaintiff, a consumer, owed a debt which the law firm was assigned to collect.

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State Appeals Court Partially Overturns Ruling Against Collection Law Firm

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A state Appeals Court in Washington has partially affirmed — and partially overturned — a lower court’s dismissal of a case against a creditor and collection law firm, ruling that the plaintiff pleaded sufficient facts to survive a motion to dismiss that the firm violated state law by not disclosing required information when filing (..)

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Daily Digest – January 13. Class Action Accuses Collector of Using Inaccurate Creditor Name; State Court Judge Dismisses Suit for Lack of Standing

Account Recovery

Class Action Accuses Collector of Using Inaccurate Creditor Name; State Court Judge Dismisses Suit for Lack of Standing first appeared on AccountsRecovery.net. Class Action Accuses Collector of Using Inaccurate Creditor Name; State Court Judge Dismisses Suit for Lack of Standing appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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Judge Awards Plaintiff 25% of Requested Attorney’s Fees in Settled FDCPA Case

Account Recovery

The plaintiff claimed he had paid off the 2004 loan, and argued that the 2007 loan was no longer valid due to a procedural issue: while the creditor had served a collection complaint in 2011, it never filed the complaint with the court. The law firm defendant made a $3,000 offer of judgment in July 2024, which the plaintiff accepted.

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Yale Levy Joins SoloSuit to Lead Growth of SoloSettle

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Levy, founder of Levy & Associates, LLC, a multi-state collection law firm, and former President of the National Creditors Bar Association (NCBA), brings decades of debt collection expertise to the company. Levy as Director of Client Development. “I’m excited to help expand SoloSettle,” said Levy.

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Law firm ‘disappears’ owing £37.5m to Creditors

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The administrators of a collapsed Liverpool law firm have admitted they do not know if creditors will receive a return, amid ongoing uncertainty over exactly how the business came to grief. Meanwhile, the amount owed to creditors within a year jumped from £5.8m a year before.

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Judge Dismisses FDCPA Suit Because Claims Weren’t Specific Enough

Account Recovery

A District Court judge in Maryland has granted a motion to dismiss claims that a creditor and a collection law firm violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and state consumer protection laws, ruling that the plaintiffs allegations failed to plausibly demonstrate any unlawful conduct.