CLASS ACTION ACCUSES CREDITOR OF VOIDING PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT
- A plaintiff has filed a class-action lawsuit against a creditor and two collection agencies for not honoring the terms of a payment plan that she entered with the creditor, accusing them of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and state collection laws in Florida.
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APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS RULING FOR DEFENDANT IN COLLECTION ATTORNEY CASE
- The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld a summary judgment ruling in favor of a defendant that was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, determining that the subjective nature of whether an attorney conducted a meaningful review of an account before deciding whether to file a collection lawsuit or not is sufficient and that a disclosure was not required indicating whether an attorney was meaningfully involved in collecting the underlying debt.
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JUDGE UNDERCUTS MVN SAFE HARBOR IN FDCPA CASE OVER UNDATED NOTICE
- In one of the first cases to rule on whether leaving the date off the Model Validation Notice is a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a District Court judge in Florida has denied a motion to dismiss on three counts — granting it on the fourth — ruling that a “reliance on the Model Form overstates both the meaning and scope of the regulatory safe harbor provided by the” Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and that a least sophisticated consumer might be confused by the document.
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ABA CEO: CFPB CAN’T ‘BULLY’ BANKS
- The president and chief executive of the American Bankers Association yesterday pushed back against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its attempts to “bully” banks and financial institutions into eliminating “perfectly legal or legitimate” fees.
- More details here.
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