Eastern District of Tennessee Determines TILA Does Not Require Debt...
On October 5, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee analyzed the interplay between the debt collection industry and certain provisions of the Truth-in-Lending Act (“TILA”)...
View ArticleBurr Commentary: Tennessee Appellate Court Clarifies Requirements for Filing...
We have many clients doing business in Tennessee who are regularly forced to navigate the somewhat confusing rules regarding filing appeals from General Sessions Court to Circuit Court. Appeals are...
View ArticleTennessee Federal Court Says Plaintiff Failed to Plead Debt Collection...
In Grubb v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, No. 2:12-cv-301 (E.D. Tenn. July 10, 2013), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee recently dismissed a Fair Debt Collection...
View ArticleEastern District of Tennessee Questions Legitimacy of FDCPA Claims Predicated...
In White v. Sherman Financial Group, LLC, No. 3:12-cv-404, 2013 WL 5936679, *1 (E.D. Tenn. Nov. 4, 2013), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee recently denied the plaintiff’s...
View ArticleTennessee Supremes Reject Per Se Unconscionability of Non-Mutual Arbitration...
On June 5, the Tennessee Supreme Court rejected a per se rule of unconscionability for non-mutual arbitration clauses, holding them enforceable if not too-one-sided and commercially reasonable under...
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