May 24, 2019
A Florida federal judge has split the difference in awarding about $200,000 in attorney fees and costs to a class of consumers who won a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, coming up with a figure that was more than a magistrate's recommendation but less than the lawyers' $276,000 request.
July 03, 2017
Debt collector LTD Financial has urged a Florida federal judge to reverse a jury's verdict in a class action finding that it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, arguing the class relied on a "fatally defective legal theory based on a misunderstanding of Florida law."
May 09, 2017
A Florida federal jury on Monday found that LTD Financial violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by sending consumers in the Sunshine State deceptive letters offering to settle debts that were known to have already expired, awarding the group nearly $50,000 in damages.