Ninth Circuit: Trustees Are Not “Debt Collectors” Under the FDCPA
A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit has created a circuit split regarding the interpretation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act . In Vien-Phung Ho v. Foreclosure News
A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit has created a circuit split regarding the interpretation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act . In Vien-Phung Ho v. Foreclosure News
A law firm's letter, warning that a lien would be recorded against a woman's home if she failed to pay her annual homeowners association fees, is not exempt from the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act as an attempt to perfect a security interest, the Ninth Circuit has held in Mashiri v. Epsten, Grinnell & Howell […]
A federal district court in Illinois recently dismissed a putative class action against a foreclosure firm, holding that an allegation in a foreclosure complaint that the mortgagor is personally liable for any deficiency on a Federal Housing Authority insured loan is not a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act . In the case, […]