On September 21, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island held that an out-of-state debt collector did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when it called the debtor using two phone numbers with a local area code.
In Bien v. Stellar Recovery, Inc., Plaintiff argued that Stellar's practice of causing a Rhode Island area code to be displayed on her caller ID when the call was initiated outside of Rhode Island constituted a false, misleading, or deceptive representation or means in violation...
