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.
CALIF. APPEALS COURT RULES COLLECTOR FIXED VIOLATION PROMPTLY, BUT RESTORES SUIT BECAUSE NAMED PLAINTIFF WAS PICKED OFF
- A California Appeals Court has upheld that a collector appropriately used a cure provision in the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in fixing a type-size issue in a collection letter, but overruled a lower court that doing so allowed an entire class action against the collector to be dismissed.
MORE AMERICANS GOING WITHOUT HEALTHCARE COVERAGE: CDC REPORT
- Do you want more evidence that healthcare collections is a good spot to be, at least for the short term? More than 1 million Americans lost their health insurance coverage last year, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
PLAINTIFF ACCUSES DEFENDANT OF MAKING MORE THAN 150 COLLECTION CALLS AFTER CONSENT REVOKED
- An individual has filed a lawsuit against a cable company in Florida, alleging he received more than 150 collection calls to his cell phone that were made via an automated telephone dialing service without first receiving the plaintiff’s consent and after he told the defendant to stop calling him, alleging the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
COMPLIANCE DIGEST — MAY 10
- Every week, I try to bring you the most important industry news and updates. In many cases, that involves discussing compliance-related topics, like lawsuit rulings and new laws and regulations. While the facts matter, understanding the bigger picture and the context of those cases is just as important. That’s why, each week, I ask compliance experts from across the credit and collection industry to share their perspectives, to help you better understand and make better decisions.
WORTH NOTING: People spend 52 minutes a day gossiping, but maybe that’s not such a bad thing … A worldwide helium shortage is causing Party City to close 45 stores … Kawhi Leonard had a storybook game-winning and series-winning shot … Why people feel pressured to overspend … The best graduation gifts … The gender wage gap might be worse than we think … Dr. Ruth is still at it … A lot of millennials say they are living paycheck to paycheck.
Mystery riddles
Music Monday
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.
CALIF. APPEALS COURT RULES COLLECTOR FIXED VIOLATION PROMPTLY, BUT RESTORES SUIT BECAUSE NAMED PLAINTIFF WAS PICKED OFF
- A California Appeals Court has upheld that a collector appropriately used a cure provision in the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in fixing a type-size issue in a collection letter, but overruled a lower court that doing so allowed an entire class action against the collector to be dismissed.
MORE AMERICANS GOING WITHOUT HEALTHCARE COVERAGE: CDC REPORT
- Do you want more evidence that healthcare collections is a good spot to be, at least for the short term? More than 1 million Americans lost their health insurance coverage last year, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
PLAINTIFF ACCUSES DEFENDANT OF MAKING MORE THAN 150 COLLECTION CALLS AFTER CONSENT REVOKED
- An individual has filed a lawsuit against a cable company in Florida, alleging he received more than 150 collection calls to his cell phone that were made via an automated telephone dialing service without first receiving the plaintiff’s consent and after he told the defendant to stop calling him, alleging the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
COMPLIANCE DIGEST — MAY 10
- Every week, I try to bring you the most important industry news and updates. In many cases, that involves discussing compliance-related topics, like lawsuit rulings and new laws and regulations. While the facts matter, understanding the bigger picture and the context of those cases is just as important. That’s why, each week, I ask compliance experts from across the credit and collection industry to share their perspectives, to help you better understand and make better decisions.
WORTH NOTING: People spend 52 minutes a day gossiping, but maybe that’s not such a bad thing … A worldwide helium shortage is causing Party City to close 45 stores … Kawhi Leonard had a storybook game-winning and series-winning shot … Why people feel pressured to overspend … The best graduation gifts … The gender wage gap might be worse than we think … Dr. Ruth is still at it … A lot of millennials say they are living paycheck to paycheck.
Mystery riddles
Music Monday
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.
