Blog Posts in 2012

San Jose, California – In November of 2012, 73-year-old Santa Cruz resident M. B. filed a lawsuit against Capital One Bank and Patenaude & Felix, APC for harassment, wrongful debt collection, and ...

Minneapolis, Minnesota – The state of Minnesota went after Midland Funding, LLC, one of the largest debt buyers in the country after Minnesota accused the debt buyer of targeting people for debts that ...

A 3 judge panel found that consumers, Lisa Bridge and William Bridge, had valid claims against Ocwen Financial Corporation for violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). ...

A federal court judge refused to throw out a case against a debt collector who tried to repossess a car while the people were still in it! Smith v. AFS Acceptance, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75976 (N.D. IL ...

A federal district court ordered debt collector National Action Finance Services to turn over information regarding in telephone collections practices, and sanctioned the collection agency $5,000, for ...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (the court which controls federal courts in several western states, including California), ruled that the State of Nevada would have to sue the Bank of America in a ...