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Meadows v. Greenback Recovery: Collectors Must Pay Attorneys’ Fees to Consumer

In an FDCPA action, the New Mexico district court ordered the collectors to pay a consumer his attorney fees either (a) as a sanction for failure to respond to the interrogatories, or (b) as civil contempt sanctions to compensate the consumer for losses sustained by the collectors' refusal to comply with the December 2020 order. The court declined the consumer's request that the court arrest the uncooperative collectors.

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