Legal Opinion
Michael Davis v. Hollins Law
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 8, 2016No. 14-16437PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IKUTA, Circuit Judge:
Hollins Law, a law firm and debt collection agency, is subject to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which among other things requires debt collectors “to disclose in subsequent communications that the communication is from a debt collector.” 15 U.S.C. § 1692e(ll). Today we hold that if a subsequent communication is sufficient to disclose to the least sophisticated debtor that the communication was from a debt collector, there is no violation of § 1692e(ll) even if the debt collector did not expressly state, “this communication is from a debt…
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