On October 4, 2017, a federal judge in Washington denied a debt collector's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim in a proposed putative class action case that alleged defendant's lack of disclosure on time-barred debts violated the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 1692 et seq. The case is Bereket v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, et al. (Case No. 17-cv-0812, U.S.D.C., Western District of Washington).
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