Legal Opinion
Altman v. J.C. Christensen & Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 14, 2015No. Docket No. 14-2240-cvPublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
Appeal from the June 11, 2014 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Ross, /.) dismissing Isaac Altman’s putative class-action lawsuit against J.C. Christensen & Associates, Inc. Altman alleges that J.C. Christensen violated the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (“FDCPA”) by offering to settle his debt for less than the full amount without warning him that his total savings might be reduced by an increase in his tax liability. We disagree, and hold that a debt collector need not warn of possible tax consequences when making a…
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