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Merits Brief in Jerman v. Carlisle

Today Howe & Russell filed the petitioner’s brief in Jerman v. Carlisle, No. 08-1200.  The petitioner’s brief is here.  The question in the case is whether the so-called “bona fide error” defense of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act applies to mistakes of law.  Howe & Russell represents the petitioner, along with the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Stephen Felson and Edward Icove.