6th Circuit Court of Appeals Joins 7th Circuit in Rejecting “Benign” Language Exception to 15 USC § 1692f(8), Contrary to the 5th and 8th Circuits.
In Donovan v. FirstCredit, Inc., No. 20-3485, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 39798 (6th Cir. Dec. 18, 2020) the Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit reversed the trial court’s ruling granting FirstCredit’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and in doing so, rejected a “benign language” exception to 15 U.S.C. § 1692f(8) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”).… Read More