August, 2021

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Much Ado About … Not Very Much: FDCPA Plaintiff Wins $500 Judgment After Nearly Two Years of Litigation

Troutman Sanders

LEXIS 137073, at *12 (E.D.N.Y. 1540, 1543 (2016)). On summary judgment, Judge Ross held that LJRA’s November letter violated the FDCPA because “[u]nder the least sophisticated consumer standard, a reasonable consumer … could interpret [it] as an attempt to collect” the $543 debt. L J Ross Assocs. , 1:19-cv-05516, 2021 U.S.

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Massachusetts District Court Denies Credit Repair Company’s Motion to Dismiss in Case Brought by the CFPB

Troutman Sanders

the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), 12 U.S.C. §§ 5531, 5536, and state law. They allege further that, from 2016 through 2019 alone, Key Credit Repair enrolled nearly 40,000 consumers nationwide, and since 2011, collected at least $23 million in fees from consumers. 1:20-cv-10991-RWZ (Mass.

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