Mealey's (August 31, 2020, 12:51 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 26 affirmed a ruling awarding summary judgment to a loan servicer and law firm, holding that a federal judge in Illinois did not err when finding that the law firm is not a debt collector for the purposes of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and that the plaintiff failed to provide sufficient evidence that she sustained damages as a result of the defendants' alleged violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act (ICFA) (Melcina Blanton v. RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corp., et al., No. 19-2781, 7th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 27209)....