Indiana Consumer Law Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

PRESS RELEASE. Indiana Consumer Law Group/The Law Office of Robert E. Duff announces the recent filing of a lawsuit against the Ohio law firm Sottile & Barile, LLC. The lawsuit, which has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, alleges that Sottile & Barile, LLC sent the plaintiff a collection letter on November 6, 2015 that inaccurately advised the consumer of his rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”).

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Consumer Financial Services Law

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

A Pennsylvania district court has recognized that a benign language exception exists under 15 U.S.C. 1692f(8) and may be applied to barcodes under appropriate circumstances. Anenkova v. Van Ru Credit Corp. , C.A. No. 15-4968 , 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108950(E.D. Pa. Aug. 17, 2016). The court’s decision signals a welcome step back from other district courts’ expansion of the Third Circuit’s decision in Douglass v.

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Consumer Financial Services Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

A Missouri district court has refused to grant partial summary judgment in favor of a consumer who asserted violations of 15 U.S.C. 1692e(11). In Dodd v. Delta Outsource Group, the consumer, who was employed as a collector by another debt collector, received two calls from the collection agency while at work. A week later, the consumer filed suit asserting violations of the FDCPA, including violations of section 1692e(11), contending that the collector failed to disclose the communications were

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