Legal Opinion
Picard v. Credit Solutions, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 6, 2009No. 08-11104PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal presents the question of whether claims brought pursuant to the Credit Repair Organizations Act (“CROA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1679 et seq., are subject to arbitration. The district court held that the statute precludes arbitration. We disagree.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Credit Solutions, Inc., a/k/a Credit Solutions of America, Inc. (“CSA”) is a debt settlement company that negotiates with unsecured creditors on behalf of its customers to lower the customers’ debt loads and monthly payments. Facing unsecured credit card debt, Elizabeth Picard (“Pi-card”) 1 contacted CSA via…
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