Bloomberg Law
Feb. 19, 2019, 8:07 PM UTC

Ohio Law Firm Beats Class Status in Debt Collection Suit

Perry Cooper
Perry Cooper
Reporter

An Ohio law firm convinced a federal court Feb. 15 to strike class allegations from a suit over its debt collection practices.

It would an “obvious conflict of interest” to allow the same person to be class representative and class counsel, Judge Christopher A. Boyko wrote for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

“Plaintiff’s reluctance to seek new counsel weighs strongly in this Court’s mind that he does not have the best interests of the class in mind,” the court said.

JP Morgan Chase hired an Ohio law firm, Reimer, Arnovitz, Chernek & Jeffrey Co., to ...

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