Grant-Hall v. Cavalry Portfolio Services, LLC

Memorandum Opinion and Order

GARY FEINERMAN, District Judge.

Section 8b of the Illinois Collection Agency Act (“ICAA”), 225 ILCS 425/8b, provides that a debt collection agency may file suit in its own name against a debtor only if it has been assigned the debtor’s account, and only if the assignment has been documented in a written agreement that states the effective date of and consideration paid for the assignment and that identifies the assigned account. Plaintiffs Carole Grant-Hall, Paul J. Asiama, Cornelius Gray, and Jena Perry, on behalf of themselves and a putative class, brought this…