This fall @NAACP_LDF filed an amicus brief in a case that got little att involving statutory interpretation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.We filed b/c a narrow interpretation of the statutes's reach could affect thousands of African American homeowners in foreclosure,
You can read our amicus brief here supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/1…
Today the Department of Justice filed a brief in the case & for oral argument - to argue that the protections of the statute should be construed to exclude non-judicial foreclosures making tens of thousands vulnerable to abusive debt collection practices. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/1…
