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COA declines to enforce settlement agreement due to disputed terms
The Eastern District reversed enforcement of a settlement agreement after finding disputed material facts over essential contract terms.
Consumer Law: FDCPA-Class Action-Least-Sophisticated Consumer
Plaintiffs appealed the dismissal of their purported class action under the FDCPA. Where the least-sophisticated-consumer standard contained an objective element of reasonableness to avoid peculiar interpretations of debt-collector communications, the […]
Consumer Law : FDCPA – Unpaid Medical Services – Materiality Standard
Hill v. Accounts Receivable Services (MLW No. 71579/Case No. 16-4356 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)
Consumer Law : FDCPA – Statute Of Limitations – Consumer Debt
Demarais v. Gurstel Chargo (MLW No. 70960/Case No. 16-3173 – 19 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)
Consumer Law : FDCPA – Interest Rate – Class Certification
LVNV Funding, LLC v. Mavaega (MLW No. 70977/Case No. WD80294 – 26 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)
Bankruptcy: Time-Barred Claim- FDCPA
Even though a creditor filed a proof of claim in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy on a time-barred debt, the proof of claim was not false, deceptive or misleading under the […]
Consumer Law : FDCPA – MMPA – Statutes Of Limitation
Jackson v. Barton (MLW No. 69090/Case No. ED103370 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Robert G. Dowd Jr., J.)
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