Mealey's (July 22, 2019, 10:14 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A federal judge in Washington on July 9 refused to dismiss a woman’s lawsuit accusing a law firm of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCA) and Washington Consumer Protection Act (CPA), after finding that she sufficiently alleged that the firm’s filing of a foreclosure action that was barred by the statute of limitations could have violated both statutes (Karen D. Smith, et al. v. Bank of New York Mellon, et al., No. C19-0538-JCC, W.D. Wash., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 113688)....