Patrick T. McLaughlin
Spencer Fane LLP
Articles
Home mortgage lenders hire law firm to send 88,937 collection letters to defaulted borrowers: borrowers allege this violated the FDCPA and a judge certifies the class
USA - February 11 2015 In Lori Jo Vincent, et al. V. The Money Store, Inc. et al, No. 03 cv 2876 (S.D.N.Y. February 2, 2015), the United States District Court for the…
Is a communication between a debt collector and a credit reporting agency a communication “in connection with the collection of any debt” for purposes of the FDCPA?
USA - January 17 2015 In a case in which the Eighth Circuit actually found against a debtor on her claim against a collection agency based on the FDCPA, the court…
The Eleventh Circuit rules that Capital One is not a debt collector under the FDCPA with respect to defaulted credit card debt it acquired from HSBC
USA - August 26 2015 In the case of Davidson v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., No. 14-14200 (August 21, 2015), the Eleventh Circuit had occasion to decide whether a bank…
It’s a match: federal district court in New York certifies rare nationwide class on fraud claim against “It’s Just Lunch” matchmaking company
USA - May 21 2014 A rare nationwide class of plaintiffs in a fraud action was certified by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in…
A federal district court sidesteps Crawford in dismissing claim for FDCPA violation based on filing a proof of claim on a time-barred debt in a chapter 13 bankruptcy
USA - March 25 2015 In a 2014 decision rued by debt collectors everywhere, the Eleventh Circuit in Crawford v. LVNV Funding, LLC, 758 F.3d 1254 (11th Cir. 2014) ruled…
