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DECEMBER 16, 2024

These regulations could fundamentally alter how creditors and debt collectors operate, potentially harming consumers while imposing onerous compliance burdens on financial institutions. Critics fear these changes could lead to unintended consequences, such as increased litigation, reduced access to credit, and consumer confusion.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

The background: The dispute stemmed from a credit card account the plaintiff opened in 2016 with the original creditor. According to the plaintiff, the account terms were established during a phone call with a representative, who promised a zero-percent interest rate for the life of the loan and no fees beyond the principal.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The plaintiff also lodged complaints with both the Better Business Bureau and the state dental board, arguing that the original creditor had engaged in illegal double billing. The claims: The defendant is accused of violating sections 1692d, 1692e, 1692f, and 1692g of the FDCPA, relating to unfair and deceptive practices.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

A District Court judge in Oklahoma has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling the defendant did not violate the statute because it failed to notify the original creditor that the debt had been disputed by the plaintiff.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Winning a collection lawsuit because the judge ruled there was not a sufficient chain of custody to prove the account was transferred by the original creditor to the entity purchasing the account is not enough evidence that a juror could use to conclude a false statement was made, ruled a District Court judge in Pennsylvania, … The post Dismissal (..)

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Debt collectors are conduits — vessels trying to help original creditors recover unpaid debts. Oftentimes, the creditors will make requests or want certain offers included in letters sent to individuals. What happens when a creditor wants to make an offer as a means of trying to get an individual to repay a debt?

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MARCH 22, 2022

A Magistrate Court judge in New York has awarded the attorneys representing a plaintiff in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act $11,297 in fees, after the plaintiff accepted an offer of judgment in the amount of $1,050 over a $59 debt that was owed to the original creditor.

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MARCH 5, 2025

The judge determined that it followed its procedures for investigating disputes, which included contacting the original creditor to confirm the debts validity. Thus, the court concluded that NCSs investigation was not unreasonable as a matter of law. Learn more.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A District Court judge in Illinois has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case involving how the defendant, and the original creditor, came to be in possession of the plaintiff’s husband’s Social Security number. A copy of the ruling in the case of Billups v.

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JULY 15, 2022

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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AUGUST 13, 2021

Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Class Action Over Credit Reporting Language in Letter appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

Saying that you expended “time, money, and effort” trying to identify what to do when you are confused as to whom the original creditor was after receiving a collection letter is not enough for a plaintiff to have standing to sue, ruled a District Court judge in Maryland, who has granted a defendant’s motion to … The post Judge (..)

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Even Though Letter Lacked ‘Clarity’ appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

A District Court judge in Illinois has granted a plaintiff’s motion to remand a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case back to state court, while denying the motion for attorney fees and costs, after the plaintiff received two collection emails from the defendant in which the name of the original creditor was slightly different in … The (..)

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

A District Court judge in Michigan has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by contacting the plaintiff after she had disputed the debt in question with the original creditor and for making a “hard inquiry” on her credit report.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

A copy … The post Calif. Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Denying Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Is it possible for an individual to sue a debt collector for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for allegedly attempting to collect a debt that the individual believes he did not owe, when the individual took no action against the original creditor for placing the allegedly illegitimate debt … The post (..)

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JULY 15, 2022

JUDGE DENIES MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION IN FDCPA CASE 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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DECEMBER 27, 2021

Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Class-Action; Florida Asks CFPB to ‘Reevaluate’ Parts of Reg F appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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APRIL 12, 2022

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a collection agency for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by having multiple addresses on a collection letter it sent and not explicitly communicating to which address disputes or requests for original creditor information should be sent.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The California Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling denying a motion to compel arbitration filed by a collection operation, reaching the same conclusion that the plaintiff never officially consented to arbitration with the original creditor, and allowing a Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case to proceed.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

CLASS ACTION ACCUSES COLLECTOR OF USING INACCURATE NAME OF ORIGINAL CREDITOR A class-action complaint has been filed in federal court in Utah against a collection law firm for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act with its Model Validation Notice, which was not dated, but also because the debt was allegedly purchased before the (..)

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

MULTIPLE ‘MISLEADING’ DISPUTES LEADS JUDGE TO GRANT MSJ FOR DEFENDANT IN FCRA, FDCPA CASE After making several attempts to dispute a debt with the original creditor, the defendant, and the credit reporting agencies, the plaintiff filed suit, alleging violations of the FCRA and FDCPA.

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MAY 14, 2021

The California state Senate yesterday passed SB 531, a bill that would require the original creditor or owner of a debt to notify a consumer within five days of the sale or assignment of the debt to someone else, while also giving consumers the right to request certain information about a debt from debt collectors, … The post Calif.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

COLLECTOR NOT OBLIGATED TO NOTIFY CREDITOR OF DISPUTE A judge in Oklahoma has granted a motion to dismiss, ruling the defendant was not obligated under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to notify the original creditor that a debt was being disputed.

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APRIL 15, 2021

In a case that was defended by the team at Malone Frost Martin, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s ruling in favor of a defendant that was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it did not include a copy of the original creditor’s financial … The post Appeals Court Affirms (..)

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has upheld a lower court’s ruling that the purchaser of a defaulted credit card debt is entitled to the same arbitration opportunity as the original creditor, even though the individual who owed the debt prevailed in a civil suit filed by the purchaser because it could not … The post Appeals Court (..)

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JUNE 1, 2021

NDCA Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Creditor ID in Letter; Sixth Circuit Jumps on Standing Bandwagon appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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Troutman Sanders

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Although the credit union’s tradeline was updated to reflect that the account was “closed” and in collections, and the collection agency’s tradeline indicated that the credit union was the original creditor, both tradelines showed a balance, albeit for different amounts — $18,340 for the credit union and $20,875 for the collection agency.

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JUNE 1, 2021

A District Court judge in California has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it identified the creditor and the original creditor in a letter, but did not identify the current creditor to whom the debt was owed, with the judge ruling … The post (..)

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

A District Court judge in Hawaii has denied a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration in a class-action suit accusing it of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because the defendant did not show that the plaintiff must rely on the terms of his customer agreement with the original creditor … (..)

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AUGUST 2, 2024

The Background: The background […]

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AUGUST 21, 2020

A District Court judge in Illinois has ruled that including references to the “original creditor,” a “sender,” and a “current owner of the unpaid account,” is not enough to identify the current creditor to whom a debt is owed and denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss, also ruling that the defendant failed (..)

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Over the next decade and a half, he held leadership roles with major originating creditors across the U.S. He is the CEO of TrueAccord. His journey in the industry began on the phones as a collector in 1998. and internationally.

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Nexa Collect

JULY 28, 2020

When a debt passes from the original creditor to a collection agency, this escalation often makes debtors pay attention. There’s an implied threat when an agency gets involved that doesn’t exist with the original creditor. These are all benefits not afforded to the original creditor.

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Nexa Collect

AUGUST 8, 2020

When a debt passes from the original creditor to a collection agency, this escalation often makes debtors pay attention. There’s an implied threat when an agency gets involved that doesn’t exist with the original creditor. These are all benefits not afforded to the original creditor.

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Account Recovery

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A change in precedent has led the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to remand a case back to the District Court to determine whether the owners of a debt that was purchased from the original creditor can compel arbitration after being sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. A copy […]

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