In a recent published opinion, the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court’s sanctions against JP Ward & Associates, attorney Travis Gordon, and attorney Joshua Ward for engaging in, as the District Court put it, “a campaign of deception.”.

According to the court, the law firm drafted nonsensical hand-written letters to debt collectors in which they intentionally buried the following vague dispute reference “I saw that your company is reporting that I owe you a sum of money, but I just don’t think that is current.”… Continue Reading

The dark cloud that has been hanging over CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s recess appointment just got darker.  In a 2-1 decision in NLRB v. New Vista Nursing and Rehabilitation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled today that, under the U.S. Constitution’s Recess Appointments Clause (RAC), the President may only make recess appointments during an intersession recess. … Continue Reading