On April 29, 2009, Sergeant Matt Darisse of the Surry County Sheriff’s Department in North Carolina pulled over a vehicle in which Nicholas Heien was a passenger. See State v. Heien, 737 S.E.2d 351, 352 (N.C. 2012). Darisse initiated the stop because...
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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) governs debt-collection policies but also protects debt collectors who unintentionally violate the Act. A debt collector may avoid liability for an FDCPA violation by “show[ing] by a preponderance of...