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A Michigan law firm, acting as a debt collector, should have stopped foreclosure proceedings when it received the debtor’s dispute letter. The subsequent posting and publishing of a notice of sale violated the FDCPA.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently held that a procedural violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) does not, on its own, show an injury-in-fact necessary to establish standing. Buchholz v.
Under FDCPA, if a consumer’s home is being foreclosed on by a debt collector, he or she can send a validation request which should stop the foreclosure. At least, so says one federal appellate court.