Dorothy Allen v. LaSalle Bank

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• recognizing that the “FDCPA does not contain an exemption from liability for common law privileges”
• recognizing that the “FDCPA does not contain an exemption from liability for common law privileges”
• holding New Jersey’s litigation privilege “does not absolve a debt collector from liability under the FDCPA” because “the FDCPA does not contain an exemption from liability for common law privileges”
• in reviewing summary judgment a district court views the facts and draws all reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party
• “The only inquiry under § 1692f(1) is whether the amount collected was expressly authorized by the agreement creating the debt or permitted by law.”
• “Attorneys, such as [those here], are regarded as debt collectors, and their conduct as such is regulated by the FDCPA.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).