Business Litigation
Right To Recover Court Costs Under Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
- March 13, 2013
- By Allen & Gooch
The Supreme Court in Marx v. General Revenue Corp., 133 S.Ct. 1166 (2013), addressed the ability of district courts to award costs to a prevailing party when the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1692k, governed the underlying claim. The Petitioner, Marx, defaulted on a student loan. In response to the collection efforts of General […]
