debt collector
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10th Circuit raises bar for fraud victims to sue debt collectors over inaccurate information
The Denver-based federal appeals court wiped away a jury’s $500,000 award to a fraud victim on Monday and made it more difficult for consumers to hold companies liable for disseminating inaccurate credit information. The Fair Credit Reporting Act regulates credit reporting agencies’ collection of consumers’ information and also covers entities that provide data to those…
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Colorado justices uphold strict interpretation of consumer protection law against debt collector
The Colorado Supreme Court concluded last month that a debt collector failed to comply with state law by suing a woman for an unpaid credit card debt without documentation that it owned her account. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC filed a complaint to collect on a $671 debt from the credit card account of Felicia Wright.…
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Colorado justices grill debt collector about compliance with law
The Colorado Supreme Court repeatedly pressed a debt collection company last week to explain how its lawsuit against a Boulder woman for an unpaid credit card balance complied with the specific requirements that state lawmakers have created. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC filed a complaint to collect on a $671 debt from the credit card account…
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Federal judge doubles down on decision allowing renter to sue Colorado’s ‘no. 1’ evictions law firm
A federal judge has declined to alter her previous decision allowing a woman to sue a Colorado law firm that handles evictions on behalf of landlords, finding the allegations credibly stated a violation of federal debt collection law. In December, U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Tschetter Sulzer P.C.,…
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Federal judge finds no improper influence on case from colleague’s financial conflict
A federal judge has found his colleague’s undisclosed financial conflict of interest had no influence over the ruling in a debt collection lawsuit against Wells Fargo. U.S. District Court Senior Judge John L. Kane, without prompting from any party to the lawsuit, issued a decision on Friday following his independent review of Dennis Obduskey’s 2015…