A federal judge ruled in favor of a law firm charged with creating the false impression that attorneys had reviewed consumers’ debt collection information, ruling that allegations brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lacked merit.
Judge Donald Nugent of the District Court of Northern Ohio found that the bureau failed to offer evidence of any consumer harm resulting from Weltman’s practice of identifying itself as a law firm in its demand letters, or that the firm violated the Fair Debt Collection Procedures Act or the Dodd-Frank Act’s prohibition against unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices.
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