Hunstein Cases Are Pouring In: What the Allegations Look Like
Steel Rose
A week since Hunstein was decided over a dozen class action filings have poured in. Names like Portfolio Recovery Associates, Financial Recovery Services, Allianceone Receivables Management, Jefferson Capital Systems and Convergent Outsourcing have all been hit in putative class actions early in the week– I have a pile more complaints that I have yet...
READ MOREDebt Collection Advisory Committee Members Announced by DFPI
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced the formal creation of its inaugural debt collection advisory committee…
California DFPI Proposed Rulemaking for Debt Collector Licensing Ends June 8th
The proposed regulations for Debt Collection Licensing Act will be installed in Title 10, California Code of Regulations, Subchapter 11.3…
The Hunstein Effect – What’s Next for Debt Collectors and Their Third-Party Service Providers
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has delivered a novel and highly consequential interpretation of the Fair…
Dealing with Landslide of Litigation After 11th Cir. Rules FDCPA Restricts 3rd Party Communication with Vendor
"We believe this decision stands to reverberate throughout the receivables industry and is likely to result in a veritable landslide…
CFPB Intends to Seize Multi Million Dollar Home from Buffalo Agency Owner
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and New York Attorney General Letitia James have filed their intent to seize a…
Unlicensed Agency Hit With Million Dollar Judgment Threatened Consumers
Indiana AG Todd Rokita obtained a default judgment and a permanent injunction against debt collection agency New Britain Financial, LLC (“NBF”)…
Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act Would Require Express Consent for Text or Email
The “Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act,”in the House Financial Services Commitee includes the following provisions proceeding: Title I, the “Small Business…
Least Sophisticated Consumer is Presumed to Have a Willingness to Read Collection Letters With Care 3rd Circ. Explains
In the recent Third Circuit opinion rendered in Moyer v. Patenaude & Felix, A.P.C., the plaintiff brought a putative class action…
No FDCPA Violation When Debt Collector is Articulating its “good faith legal position” in its Prayer for Relief 8th Cir…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs’ claims in…
