In the second of two cases that two attorneys filed on behalf of Jack W. Cooper against Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau (RMCB) for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a district judge in Chicago ordered the lawyers to pay $7,888 as a sanction for claim splitting.Reversing, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acknowledged that Cooper’s lawyers faced two risks: The judge in Cooper I might deny a motion to supplement or amend their complaint; but the judge in Cooper II might — as a matter of …