Law Firm Can Be Liable For Violating Debt Collection Act, Judge Rules

Mealey's (February 27, 2020, 6:16 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Feb. 10 denied in part a law firm’s motion for dismissal from a woman’s lawsuit over the foreclosure of her home, finding that the firm could be held liable under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) because it was acting as a debt collector when filing a state court foreclosure suit on behalf of her mortgage lender (Jola Bronstein v. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, et al., No. 18-4223, E.D. Pa., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23865)....