Fourth Circuit Joins Sister Circuits to Broaden the Scope of the FDCPA’s Statute of Limitations

One of the first lines of defense when defending allegations of a statutory violation is the statute of limitations. As a complete bar to a plaintiff’s claims, the statute of limitations is one of the most powerful tools in a defense litigator’s pocket. Recently, the Fourth Circuit joined the Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits in interpreting the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act’s (FDCPA) statute of limitations to restart after each individual violation of the Act.     Read the article……………………………