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Foreclosure Suit Without Request for Deficiency Judgment Is Not “Debt Collection” Under FDCPA, Ninth Circuit Holds

Troutman Sanders

Does a judicial foreclosure action constitute “debt collection activity” under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”)? The borrower then filed an action in federal court, claiming that an assortment of alleged misrepresentations in the foreclosure case constituted violations of the FDCPA.

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The FDCPA and Foreclosures: Ninth Circuit District Court Denies Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment on All Counts

Troutman Sanders

SN Servicing, LLC , a district court in the Ninth Circuit denied a defendant’s motion for summary judgment regarding the plaintiffs’ allegations that the defendant violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Oregon Unlawful Debt Collection Practices Act in its mortgage servicing activity.

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Foreclosure Suit Without Request for Deficiency Judgment Is Not “Debt Collection” Under FDCPA, Ninth Circuit Holds

Collection Industry News

Does a judicial foreclosure action constitute “debt collection activity” under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”)? The borrower then filed an action in federal court, claiming that an assortment of alleged misrepresentations in the foreclosure case constituted violations of the FDCPA.

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Supreme Court Excludes Non-Judicial Foreclosure From FDCPA

BN Lawyers

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP, holding that that business engaged solely in non-judicial foreclosure activities are generally exempt from the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. It is unclear what impact the decision on the debt collection and foreclosure industry beyond the limited facts of the case, but as in Henson v.

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Does Bankruptcy Clear Lawsuit Debt?

Sawin & Shea

Once bankruptcy is filed, whether it’s under Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 , an automatic stay prevents debt collectors from taking further legal action. Does bankruptcy clear lawsuit debt? Creditors can, and most likely will, take you to court if you owe a debt such as a credit card or medical bills and cannot pay.

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Sixth Circuit Examines Who is a Debt Collector for Purposes of FDCPA Section 1692(f)(6)

Consumer Financial Services Law

By Anna Claire Turpin The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently explored the limitations of Section 1692(f)(6) and held that a property preservation and maintenance company was not a debt collector for purposes of that section. The mortgagee, the bank, pursued a nonjudicial foreclosure of the property. Thompson v.

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Domesticating and Enforcing Your Foreign Judgments With a Massachusetts Collections Attorney

Collections Law

Collecting debts from debtors having assets in Massachusetts while you are in another state or a different country used to be difficult, even if you had a judgment against them. Massachusetts was among the few states that had not adopted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Act. Not Just Domestication — Enforcement, Too.