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State Appeals Court Partially Overturns Ruling Against Collection Law Firm

Account Recovery

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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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 Grants MSJ in FDCPA Case Over Mis-Identified Consumer

Account Recovery

An interesting Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case out of Minnesota involving a creditor who mis-spelled a customer’s first and last name incorrectly when placing the account with a law firm for collection, a customer who changed her name before filing for bankruptcy protection, and a law firm that may or may not do enough … The post (..)

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Prodigal Raises $12M in Series A Funding

Account Recovery

More proof that there is plenty of interest from investors in the accounts receivable management industry came yesterday, in the form of a $12 million Series A funding announcement from Prodigal, a technology company that provides an automation platform for debt buyers, debt collectors, and creditors rights law firms.

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Judge Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration in FDCPA Case

Account Recovery

A District Court judge in California has denied a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that the collection law firm’s actions were independent of the original creditor, and thus not subject to the original agreement’s arbitration clause.

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Daily Digest – October 12. Judge Grants MSJ For Defense in FDCPA Case; Analysis Breaks Down CFPB Collection Complaints

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JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENDANT IN FDCPA CASE OVER MIS-IDENTIFIED CONSUMER An interesting Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case out of Minnesota involving a creditor who mis-spelled a customer’s first and last name incorrectly when placing the account with a law firm for collection, a customer who changed her name before filing for bankruptcy protection, (..)