FDCPA Defense

AUGUST 22, 2016

Courts apply the very pro-consumer “least sophisticated debtor” standard when evaluating a collector’s communications, and most violations of the Act are “strict liability” – meaning the debtor can win the case without proving the collector intended to violate the statute. Hollins Law Firm , _F.3d Hollins Law Firm , _F.3d

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Troutman Sanders

JANUARY 11, 2021

The Seventh Circuit held that for a concrete injury to result from the dunning letter’s exclusion of a statement about accruing interest, the exclusion must have detrimentally affected the Spuhlers handling of their debts. In response, the HOA hired the law firm of Thrasher, Buschmann & Voelkel, P.C. (“TBV”).

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FDCPA Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Duty to disclose accruing interest, fees or other charges A significant recent trend in FDCPA case law involves courts that have imposed new disclosure obligations that are not found in the plain language of the Act. Two decisions out of the Second Circuit that have sparked a wave of new lawsuits against collectors are Avila v.

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