FDCPA Defense

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Are You Engaged In “Debt Collection” Under The FDCPA? Even where a “debt” is involved, there is still the question of whether you or your law firm are engaged in “debt collection” under the FDCPA. This may turn not only on what you are saying or doing, but the context in which the FDCPA claim arises. NA , 840 F.3d

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FDCPA Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Determining the line between foreclosure activity and debt collection, however, can be elusive. 17- 278) was whether notices sent by a trustee as required to initiate a non-judicial foreclosure under California law violated the FDCPA. 2017), a putative FDCPA class action filed against a law firm.

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FDCPA Defense

AUGUST 19, 2013

But how often must a lawyer or a law firm engage in consumer debt collection activities before they are subject to the Act? This question has taken on increasing importance in recent years as more law firms have integrated collection work into their existing practices. See Wadas , 2013 WL 3928631, at *5. Frankel , 197 F.3d

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FDCPA Defense

JANUARY 22, 2017

July 11, 2014) (denying motion to dismiss FDCPA class action complaint; defendant sent letters to class seeking to collect late fees and threatening foreclosure allegedly in violation of California law); McCarter v. JQD, LLC , 2014 WL 3404945 (N.D. Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit , 2015 WL 74069 (N.D. 3d 1109 (9th Cir. Johnson, et al.,

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