Eleventh Circuit Joins the Majority Restricting Collection Letters on Time-Barred Debts
Circuits are split on whether a collection letter only violates the FDCPA if it contains an explicit threat to sue.
Direct Mortgage Payments Are Not ‘Provided For’ in a Plan, Eleventh Circuit Holds
By implication, the Eleventh Circuit would allow a general chapter 13 discharge to a debtor who defaults on direct mortgage payments, an issue where lower courts are split.
Circuit Split Narrows on the New Value Defense to a Preference
Eleventh Circuit abandons the notion that new value must remain unpaid to offset a preference.