Mealey's (March 21, 2018, 1:47 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge on March 19 granted a motion filed by a bank and law firms to dismiss claims for violation of the U.S. Constitution and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) asserted against them in relation to a foreclosure but granted the borrower leave to amend certain FDCPA claims related to emails that may have been used to convince him that his legal claims had no merit (Rufus Cook v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., No. 17-CV-00059, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44613)....