Wednesday, July 7, 2021 On June 14, 2021, the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit issued an order withholding issuance of the mandate for its April 21, 2021, holding in Hunstein, the 11th Circuit held that a debt collector faces potential liability under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) for transmitting a consumer’s personal information to any third party, including a mailing service used by the debt collector to send dunning letters when attempting to collect on a debt. The withholding of the mandate provides at least some temporary relief for debt collectors, which routinely outsource mailing and other activities as part of their debt collection services to merchants and other creditors and have faced an onslaught of FDCPA class action lawsuits based on the