consumer Cases
April 9, 2019
Circuits are split on whether a collection letter only violates the FDCPA if it contains an explicit threat to sue.
April 8, 2019
9th Circuit , Arizona ,
Courts are split on denying a chapter 13 discharge for missing payments made directly to the mortgagee.
April 4, 2019
Fed up with a lawyer’s frivolous litigation tactics, the federal and state courts suspended a lawyer from practice.
April 3, 2019
Judges Pappas and Teel permit avoidance actions for small amounts to be prosecuted in the debtors’ bankruptcy courts.
April 2, 2019
Congress may have intended to preclude ‘stay and pay,’ but it didn’t succeed.
April 1, 2019
Former NFL players with neurological impairment can file bankruptcy and exempt payments under league’s concussion settlement.
March 27, 2019
Curiously, a Ninth Circuit panel imposed significant pleading requirements for FCRA complaints but only issued a nonprecedential opinion.
March 21, 2019
A mortgage recorded more than 30 days after closing resulted in a transfer within the preference window.
March 20, 2019
Supreme Court says that activities not required by state law in nonjudicial foreclosure may be covered by the FDCPA.
March 18, 2019
Judge Easterbrook pens another gem. Even if you don’t like the result, you gotta like the language.