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New York District Court Approves Class Action in FDCPA Case Alleging Improper Debt Assignment Notification

Troutman Sanders

Palisades Acquisition XVI, LLC , the plaintiff incurred a credit card debt, which was later assigned to a new creditor. In 2007, the new creditor commenced an action to recover the debt and obtained a default judgment against the plaintiff. The default judgment was later assigned to Palisades Acquisition. In McCrobie v.

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Law Firm's Garnishment Activities Do Not Violate FDCPA

Consumer Financial Services Law

Palisades Acquisition XVI, LLC, 635 F. The case arose from the law firm’s post judgment efforts to garnish wages. After serving a garnishment summons, the consumer claimed the funds as exempt. The defendants then made four additional attempts to garnish funds. See, e.g., Hemmingsen v. Messerli & Kramer, 674 F.3d

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Why Buffalo is a hub for illegal debt collectors

Collection Industry News

In recent years, authorities have either fined, seized or issued judgments totaling $120.4 Some companies buy old debt, collect what they can on it, and then – instead of canceling the debt, which they are supposed to do – they just sell the list of debtors to another company,” Morrissey said. But that hasn’t stopped the abuses.