Debt Collection SLAPP

The Ninth Circuit <strong><a href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/12/27/15-16549.pdf">declined</a></strong> Wednesday to wade into a fight over sneaky debt-collection practices, finding California law doesn’t allow for the immediate appeal of motion-to-strike <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/war-on-over-sneaky-debt-collection-tactics/">denials</a> in cases deemed to be filed in the public’s interest.

SAN FRANCISCO – The Ninth Circuit declined Wednesday to wade into a fight over sneaky debt-collection practices, finding California law doesn’t allow for the immediate appeal of motion-to-strike denials in cases deemed to be filed in the public’s interest.

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