A recent opinion issued by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois held in Janetos v. Fulton Friedman & Gullace, LLP (United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Case No. 12-1473) that debt collector Asset Acceptance, LLC (Asset) could not escape liability for a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by law firm Fulton Friedman & Gullace, LLP (Fulton) taken on Asset’s behalf. A copy of the opinion can be found here.
Background
Plaintiffs Mary T. Janetos, Erik King, Pamela Fujioka, and Ignacio Bernave alleged that form debt collection letters sent by Fulton violated the FDCPA through using confusing language.
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