The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.
JUDGE DENIES CLASS CERTIFICATION IN FDCPA SERVICE FEE CASE
- A District Court judge in Illinois has denied certification of a class action in which a collection agency was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by charging a fee for individuals to make payments using an online portal when the underlying agreement related to the debt did not authorize such a fee.
JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA LETTER CASE OVER LACK OF DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST RATE, FEES
- A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued by a collection agency for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it did not include the interest rate and details about other fees in a collection letter so that the plaintiff could determine the current balance on any given date on her own, without the help of the defendant.
HOUSE PASSES BILL TO REFORM IRS, INCLUDING PRIVATE COLLECTION AGENCY PROGRAM
- The House of Representatives yesterday passed H.R. 1957, the Taxpayer First Act of 2019, which will overhaul the Internal Revenue Service and make chances to the program where the agency places unpaid tax debts with one of four private collection agencies.
ARGUMENTS HEARD ON MTD IN CASE ACCUSING AGENCY OF VIOLATING FDCPA BY USING STATUTORY ‘G’ NOTICE
- Arguments were heard yesterday in a District Court in New Jersey on a motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit filed against a collection agency for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when it used the statutory validation notice in a collection letter.
WORTH NOTING: Mother Nature has a weird sense of humor … A state housing agency paid $3,650 to teach its boss to be nice … The downside to being organized … Is your local Friendly’s closing? … What you need to be successful in sales … Why Monday morning is the best time to fill your tank … The United States is more unhappier than ever before … Probably the appropriate reaction for spilling a drink on the boss.
How to protect your home when you’re not in it
The ultimate Disney to-do list
The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.
The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.
JUDGE DENIES CLASS CERTIFICATION IN FDCPA SERVICE FEE CASE
- A District Court judge in Illinois has denied certification of a class action in which a collection agency was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by charging a fee for individuals to make payments using an online portal when the underlying agreement related to the debt did not authorize such a fee.
JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA LETTER CASE OVER LACK OF DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST RATE, FEES
- A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued by a collection agency for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it did not include the interest rate and details about other fees in a collection letter so that the plaintiff could determine the current balance on any given date on her own, without the help of the defendant.
HOUSE PASSES BILL TO REFORM IRS, INCLUDING PRIVATE COLLECTION AGENCY PROGRAM
- The House of Representatives yesterday passed H.R. 1957, the Taxpayer First Act of 2019, which will overhaul the Internal Revenue Service and make chances to the program where the agency places unpaid tax debts with one of four private collection agencies.
ARGUMENTS HEARD ON MTD IN CASE ACCUSING AGENCY OF VIOLATING FDCPA BY USING STATUTORY ‘G’ NOTICE
- Arguments were heard yesterday in a District Court in New Jersey on a motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit filed against a collection agency for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when it used the statutory validation notice in a collection letter.
WORTH NOTING: Mother Nature has a weird sense of humor … A state housing agency paid $3,650 to teach its boss to be nice … The downside to being organized … Is your local Friendly’s closing? … What you need to be successful in sales … Why Monday morning is the best time to fill your tank … The United States is more unhappier than ever before … Probably the appropriate reaction for spilling a drink on the boss.
How to protect your home when you’re not in it
The ultimate Disney to-do list
The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.
