OLIVA v. BLATT, HASENMILLER, LEIBSKER & MOORE, LLC

No. 15-2516.

825 F.3d 788 (2016)

Ronald OLIVA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLATT, HASENMILLER, LEIBSKER & MOORE, LLC, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Henry Hector , Attorney, Sulaiman Law Group, Ltd., Oak Brook, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David L. Hartsell , Attorney, McGuireWoods LLP, Chicago, IL, Laura Ann Lange , Attorney, McGuireWoods LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, FLAUM, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


This appeal requires us to consider whether the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act's "bona fide error" defense, 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(c), protects a debt collector from liability for engaging in conduct that was expressly permitted under the controlling law in effect at the time, but that is later prohibited after a retroactive...

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