Class Action
Jul. 9, 2026
Court allows class action testing utility billing under debt collection laws
A Los Angeles judge denied Minol Inc.'s demurrer in a proposed statewide class action alleging the utility billing company unlawfully operated as an unlicensed debt collector. The ruling allows the case to move into discovery and could test whether third-party utility billing companies are subject to California's Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Wednesday overruled a demurrer in its entirety in a proposed statewide class action that seeks to test whether a third-party utility billing company can be held liable under California's Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the state's debt collection licensing laws.
Judge Elihu M. Berle's ruling allows plaintiff Leah Carter's lawsuit against Minol Inc. to proceed into discovery, class certification proceedin...
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