The Briefing – Late Night, Early Dismissal: The Santos-Kimmel Copyright Case
(Podcast) The Briefing – Late Night, Early Dismissal: The Santos-Kimmel Copyright Case
Fifth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Striking of Class Allegations
Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Putative Class Claims
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Class Action Suit Against Instagram for New Terms of Service Dismissed
A U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri recently dismissed a lawsuit under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA), finding that two letters sent to the plaintiffs’ attorney did not constitute...more
The Third Circuit Court of Appeal recently weighed in on the burgeoning number of cases alleging that debt collector use of mailing vendors requires communication with a third party about consumer debt that violates the Fair...more
In Pierre v. Midland Credit Management, Inc., — F.4th —, 2022 WL 986441 (7th Cir. Apr. 1, 2022), the Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a claim under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), finding that the...more
In In re FDCPA Mailing Vendor Cases, a New York district court dismissed six FDCPA complaints after plaintiffs in each of the respective cases failed to demonstrate injury-in-fact sufficient for Article III standing in...more
On May 14, 2021, the Seventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals issued a decision reaffirming the rule from “a slew of cases” that, without injury, a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) claim alleging a bare...more
In Giannini v. Fin. Recovery Servs., Judge Ellis of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a case alleging the defendant violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by “fail[ing] to include...more
Whether there is a connection to the near end of another exciting National Basketball Association season is unknown, but in a recent ruling issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the court began its...more