SCOTUS Issues Marx Decision — FDCPA ‘Reverse’ Attorney Fee/Cost Provision Does Not Displace FRCP 54(d)

In Marx v. General Revenue Corp. — S.Ct. —-, 2013 WL 673254 (2013), Justice Thomas wrote for the Court, holding that Section § 1692k(a)(3) is not contrary to, and, thus, does not displace a district court’s discretion to award costs under, Rule 54(d)(1).