Taking up a case involving four men whose cars were impounded over scads of traffic tickets, the Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to determine whether filing for bankruptcy can undo a lawful repossession.
Read moreSiding with a debt collector, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a man who didn’t know he was being sued over a $1,200 credit card debt missed the time window to sue.
Read moreA debt collector did not break the law by using government seals and letterheads to get people who bounced checks to pay restitution and take classes, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, but the company may have charged illegal fees.
Read moreA federal judge refused General Revenue Corp.’s request to dismiss a class action accusing it of using illegal tactics to collect on student loans.
Read moreCollection letters stamped with barcodes that pull up account numbers when scanned are just as illegal as printing the account numbers on the envelopes, the Third Circuit ruled Monday.
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A company found to have violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by enclosing collections letters in coded envelopes pushed the Third Circuit for a reversal Thursday.
Read moreCreditors can be held in contempt, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, if they go after debts that objectively appear to have been discharged in bankruptcy.
Read moreOffering a narrow view of procedures governing class actions, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Tuesday that a new defendant cannot remove such a case from state to federal court after an original defendant files a counterclaim bringing in the new party.
Read moreA federal judge granted final approval to a $21.5 million class settlement against Ocwen Loan Servicing for violating debt-collection and telemarketing laws.
Read moreThe fight against robocalls got a boost Wednesday when the Fourth Circuit struck down a loophole carved out for the collection of federally backed loans.
Read moreA law firm that carried out a nonjudicial foreclosure against a homeowner who defaulted on his loan does not qualify as a debt collector, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
Read moreThe Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide if it is the date of a violation or the date of discovery that starts the clock to bring a federal complaint against a debt collector.
Read moreA company that tapped a debt collector to go after delinquent accounts is still itself a debt collector, the Third Circuit ruled Friday.
Read moreDefending a loophole to robocall laws carved out by Congress for the collection of federally backed loans, a lawyer for the government faced tough questions Wednesday at Fourth Circuit oral arguments.
Read moreA prior settlement and $50,000 fine do not absolve debt collectors from claims that they used government seals and letterheads to trick consumers into paying illegal fees, a federal judge said Thursday.
Read moreA debt collection agency will have to pony up $9 million for violating California and federal consumer protection laws, according to a settlement announced Wednesday.
Read moreIn a batch of five cases taken up for the start of the October term, the Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review claims over a fishing trip that turned fatal when public utility workers attempted to raise a downed power line from the Tennessee River.
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