7th Circuit reverses sanction against lawyers for claim splitting- In the second of two cases that two attorneys filed on behalf of Jack W. Cooper against Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau (RMCB) for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a district judge in Chicago ordered the lawyers to pay.
7th Circuit extends protections to fee-shifting cases not governed by offer-of-judgment rule- Reversing a ruling that limited a fee award to work performed before a settlement offer was rejected, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals extended the procedural protections provided by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 to cases involving.
The Seventh Circuit recently clarified an important distinction between offers of judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 and non-Rule 68 offers of settlement, and explained.
The Seventh Circuit recently clarified an important distinction between offers of judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 and non-Rule 68 offers of settlement.
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Nyanhongo v. Credit Collections Servs., the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that the display of “data symbols similar to a” quick response code (QR Code), without more, was insufficient to establish Article III standing.
In March 2020, Credit Collections Services mailed Tatenda Nyanhongo a collection letter. The outside of the envelope displayed the phrase “PERSONAL & CONFIDENTIAL” and data symbols, similar to a QR Code, on the letter were visible through a glassine window. Nyanhongo filed a class action alleging that hundreds of similar envelopes were mailed statewide in violation of Section 1692f(8) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).