Trump Judges Excuse Corporate Debt Collector’s Indirect Misrepresentations Under Federal Law: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Trump Judges Excuse Corporate Debt Collector’s Indirect Misrepresentations Under Federal Law: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Trump Eleventh Circuit judges Andrew Brasher and Robert Luck affirmed a grant of summary judgment against a consumer who contended that a corporate debt collector made indirect misrepresentations to him, in violation of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The January 2021 ruling was in
Manuel Rivas owed around $12,000 on three separate credit card accounts. The bank possessing the accounts sold them to Midland Funding, which has an agreement with its affiliate Midland Credit Management (MCM), under which MCM files lawsuits and collects payments on Midland Funding’s behalf through MCM’s website.