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A class action lawsuit was filed in the Southern District Court of Indiana against Professional Recovery Systems, LLC, a Colorado-based collection agency, for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) which prohibits debt collectors from engaging in abusive, deceptive and unfair collection practices. Class members seek damages, attorney's fees and costs of the litigation.

Camden, New Jersey Foulke Management Corporation, which operates a number of car dealerships, has engaged in a series of bait-and-switch sales practices. The practices were so widespread and frequent that a couple filed a class action lawsuit against Foulke.

A class action has been filed in New York against collection specialists, Global Recovery & A/R Associates, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all New York residents who received alleged misleading "form" type collection letters from Gobal Recovery. The action is brought under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and seeks statutory damages as well as injunctive and declaratory relief.

A class action has been filed against National Financial Services LLC and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, both of which are subsidiaries of Fidelity Investments, arising from the alleged misuse of monies withdrawn from class members' accounts for use in an electronic bill paying service called "BillPay." The action alleges that, when a class member uses BillPay, the defendants transfer the class member's funds to a separate account prior to making the requested payment, allowing the defendants to earn interest on the funds while they are being held in the special account.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania against NCO Financial Systems, Inc. for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) which prohibits debt collectors from engaging in abusive, deceptive and unfair collection practices. Class members seek damages, attorney's fees and costs of the litigation.

Debt collectors have to abide by very strict rules when they make contact with someone who owes money. The class has been certified in an action filed against Equifax Check Services, Inc. on behalf of persons who have received collection letters from the company for checks that were written on accounts that had insufficient funds. The action alleges that the letters violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by not fully disclosing that the company is a debt collector under federal law.