11th Circ. Extends FDCPA To Bankruptcy Proofs Of Claim

Law360, New York (July 25, 2014, 10:35 AM EDT) -- The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has become the first circuit court to extend Sections 1692e and 1692f of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to proofs of claim filed in a bankruptcy case, ruling that a debt collector is prohibited from filing a proof of claim on debt that is barred by the applicable state statute of limitation....

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