Legal Opinion
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Frederick J. Hanna & Associates, P.C.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided November 16, 2015No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:14-CV-2211-ATPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Amy Totenberg, United States District Judge
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“Bureau”) filed, this lawsuit against the collections law firm Frederick J. Hanna & Associates, P.C. and its principal partners (together, “Defendants”), alleging that Defendants file tens of thousands of collections lawsuits a year against consumers without any of the firm’s attorneys being meaningfully involved in the decision to sue the defendant-consumers, or in the preparation of pleadings in those suits. (Compl.1ffl 13-17.) The Bureau also alleges that Defendants used affiants to establish the…
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