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The Eleventh Circuit has held that a voice mail message left for a consumer is a “communication” under the FDCPA. In Hart v. Read More
The FDCPA, through section 1692d(6), prohibits a debt collector from placing telephone calls to a debtor “without meaningful disclosure of the caller’s identity.”… Read More
A New York District Court recently tackled the intersection between bankruptcy and pre-petition FDCPA claims and the application of judicial estoppel to undisclosed… Read More
A consumer who sued a debt collector over an inaccurate statement as to the amount of a settlement offer recently saw his complaint… Read More
A district court from New York recently ruled that even assuming a creditor’s initial TILA disclosures falls short under the statutory requirements, the… Read More
The Ninth Circuit recently weighed in on the limitations of prior express consent and revocation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the “TCPA”). … Read More
The CFPB continues to flex its muscle and expand its reach, this time punishing a prepaid card provider and its vendor for a… Read More
The CFPB recently entered into consent orders with several Citibank subsidiaries attacking their mortgage servicing practices during the early days of the Mortgage… Read More
The CFPB’s concern with incentives and overdrafts continues and has resulted in a lawsuit filed against a Minnesota-based TCF National Bank. In the… Read More
The Department of Justice has entered into a proposed consent order with two Ohio-based banks resolving allegations that the banks engaged in a… Read More
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