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U.S. District Judge Richard Caputo reasoned that including unincurred attorney fees in a collection notice violated federal law by misrepresenting the amount of debt owed.
September 19, 2019 at 03:11 PM
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A federal judge has given the green light to a suit alleging that a debt collection law firm violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by seeking unincurred attorney fees in its debt collection action.
U.S. District Judge Richard Caputo of the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Wednesday denied attempts by the Arkansas firm Hayes, Johnson & Conley to dismiss the lawsuit Bargeski v. Hayes, Johnson & Conley.
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