Breaking News: Second Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Request for Interlocutory Appeal in FDCPA Voice Message Case

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has denied a request for an Interlocutory Appeal in the case of Halberstam v. Global Credit and Collection Corp. (U.S. District Court, ED, NY, 15-cv-5696 (BMC), (Second Circuit Court of Appeals Case No. 16-1563).  The issue presented by the original case under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) was whether a debt collector, whose telephone call to a debtor is answered by a third party, may leave his name and number for the debtor to return the call — without disclosing that he is a debt collector — or whether the debt collector must refrain from leaving callback information and attempt the call at a later time.

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