Good decision by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Financial Services Litigation co-practice group leader and Virginia Beach partner John Lynch was mentioned in a November 25 Daily Record (Baltimore, Md.) article about the U.S. 4 th Circuit Court of Appeals saying a debt collection firm (Accounts Receivable Management, Inc. [ARM]) did not break the law when it repeatedly called the brother-in-law (Michael C. Worsham) of a debtor in attempts to collect. The court upheld an earlier decision by the U.S. District Court of Maryland that found the debt collection company did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act or the Maryland Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
“We certainly thought it was a well-reasoned and good decision by the 4 th Circuit,” said Lynch, who represented ARM. “We believe Mr. Worsham, as an attorney himself, was attempting to set Accounts Receivable Management up and, fortunately, the 4 th Circuit ruled in accordance with the law and denied his complaint.”