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.
Warnock, Ossoff Win; Dems Will Control U.S. Senate January 06 2021 1:57 AM EST
Updated January 06 2021 4:35 PM EST
With control of the U.S. Senate at stake, both races in Georgia have now been declared wins for the Democrats.
The Associated Press and other national media affirmed Wednesday afternoon that Jon Ossoff had defeated incumbent Republican David Perdue in one of the runoff races, after having declared early in the morning that the Rev. Raphael Warnock had beaten another Republican incumbent, Kelly Loeffler.
The victories by Warnock and Ossoff give the Senate will have a 50-50 split between Democrats and Republicans (the Democrats’ numbers include two independents who caucus with them), and Kamala Harris, as vice president, will have the tie-breaking vote. This bodes well for pro-LGBTQ+ legislation, which would likely be blocked if the Senate kept a Republican majority. Democrats have a majority in the House of Representatives.