Illinois Federal Judge Rules Collection Agency is Liable for Law Firm's FDCPA Violation

A recent opinion issued by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois held in Janetos v. Fulton Friedman & Gullace, LLP (United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Case No. 12-1473) that debt collector Asset Acceptance, LLC (Asset) could not escape liability for a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by law firm Fulton Friedman & Gullace, LLP (Fulton) taken on Asset’s behalf. A copy of the opinion can be found here.

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On December 10, 2016 and again on December 12, 2016 insideARM wrote about the announcement from the Department of Education (ED) regarding their selections for the new student loan debt collection contract. In those articles we suggested that many, if not all, of the 41 unsuccessful bidders would likely seek a formal debriefing from ED. We also suggested that protests would be likely as well. 

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