9th Circuit Reinstates Consumer’s Debt Collections Class Complaint

Mealey's (March 14, 2019, 11:23 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Following a California Supreme Court’s ruling on California state law concerning limitations on where a lawsuit may be filed, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 11 vacated a summary judgment ruling for debt collectors in a putative class complaint by a woman alleging that their practices violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and remanded for further proceedings (Julia C. Meza v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, et al., No. 15-16900, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 7112)....