Law firms fighting suits alleging they violated a federal debt collection law in helping their clients’ foreclosure efforts have experienced a series of appellate losses.
The latest defeat handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit allows a case against Savannah, Ga., firm Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams to go forward. Reversing a lower court ruling, the court rejected the firm’s argument that its client foreclosure work didn’t constitute debt collection within the meaning of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
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