FDCPA Suit Accuses Collector of Contacting Represented Individual
- A collection law firm is facing a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit for allegedly sending communications to a consumer after being notified that the individual was represented by an attorney. We’re going to mention — but not dwell on the fact — that the way in which the plaintiff’s attorney notified the defendant that the plaintiff was being represented was … by fax.
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Eleventh Circuit Overrules Itself, Now Says One Text Message Sufficient for Standing
- In an en banc decision, the entire Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled yesterday that receiving a single unwanted text message is sufficient for an individual to have standing to sue the sender of the message in federal court for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and remanded the case back to a panel of Eleventh Circuit judges to consider the rest of the appeal.
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Judge Uses SCOTUS Footnote to Rewrite ATDS Definition
- A Magistrate judge in Colorado has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss a class-action after it was sued for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, ruling that an automated telephone dialing system that stores a list of telephone numbers using a random or sequential number generator to determine the dialing order is an ATDS under the TCPA, using a footnote in the Supreme Court’s ruling in Facebook v. Duguid as the basis for his ruling.
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Bill Introduced to Force Creditors to Create Dedicated Phone Lines to Help Older Consumers
- A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would require creditors establish a dedicated phone line to assist older Americans who may have been scammed or otherwise have questions about possible billing errors.
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Dale Golden and His Team Unite with Martin Lyons Watts Morgan to Form Martin Golden Lyons Watts Morgan
- Attorneys Dale Golden, Charles McHale, Sangeeta Spengler and Joseph Proulx are joining forces with attorneys Xerxes Martin, Loraine Lyons, Patrick Watts, Heath Morgan, Jacob Bach, Matthew Bell, and Justin Han to create a highly experienced and geographically diverse law firm that will expand its support the accounts receivable management industry.
- More details here.
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