Suit Accuses Law Firm of Accessing Credit Report Without Permissible Purpose
- I like brevity as much as the next guy, but this complaint takes the cake for having the shortest “facts” section of a federal lawsuit that I’ve seen to date. A lawsuit has been filed against a collection law firm for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it allegedly accessed the plaintiff’s credit report without having a permissible purpose to do so.
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Judge Grants MSJ For Defendant in FDCPA Case Over Communications After Cease Request Made
- A Magistrate Court judge in Maryland has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a case that related to how to communicate with a consumer who has ceased communications with a collector, only for the collector to have another separate debt placed with it for the same individual.
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Owners of Oregon Debt Consolidation Service Indicted for Mail, Wire Fraud
- The two owners of a debt consolidation service in Oregon have been indicted on charges of conspiring to commit and committing mail and wire fraud. The pair are accused of knowingly and intentionally defrauding their customers.
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CFPB GC Talks About Debt Collection, Credit Reporting With Consumer Advocates
- The general counsel of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gave a speech yesterday to a group of consumer advocates and the two main areas of focus were debt collection and credit reporting. Within those two areas, Seth Frotman drilled down into discussing medical billing and collections, and landlord-tenant screening and debt.
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