By Mark C. Leffler, Boleman Law Firm, PC, Richmond, Hampton, and Va. Beach, Virginia In order to “eliminate abusive debt collection practices by debt collectors . . .”, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) bars debt collectors from using any “false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt . . .” 15...
From the Editor – Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
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By The Honorable William Houston Brown (Retired)
Class action certification on predominance. The Eleventh Circuit remanded, finding that the District Court had abused its discretion in refusing to certify a class on a predominance theory for former debtors who had obtained discharge of personal liability on residential mortgages and who asserted violations of the FDCPA by a loan servicer. The opinion discusses how the FDCPA claim related to the Bankruptcy Code. Sellers v. Rushmore Loan Management Services, LLC, 941 F.3d 1031 (11th Cir. 2019).
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