On October 26, the Eastern District of Wisconsin issued a ruling dismissing a Fair Credit Reporting Act case. In Garland v. Marine Credit Union, the Court granted summary judgment in favor of the debt collector, holding the dispute was a legal issue such that the consumer could not establish a factual inaccuracy in the credit reporting.
USA, Banking, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Troutman Pepper, Credit union, Fair Credit Reporting Act 1970 (USA)
Currently, some courts allow borrowers to bring Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claims for non-judicial foreclosures while other courts do not, but that is about to change.
USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Troutman Pepper, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 1977 (USA), Supreme Court of the United States