GOV’T, TRADE GROUPS ON SAME SIDE IN BRIEFS FILED WITH SUPREME COURT IN FDCPA SOL CASE
- The industry’s three major trade groups and the government of the United States each filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court late last week in Rotkiske v. Klemm, a case that will be heard in October and seek to determine with the one-year statute of limitations to file a claim alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act begins — when the violation occurs or when the individual notices that the violation has occurred.
SCHOOL DISTRICT THREATENS FOSTER CARE OVER UNPAID SCHOOL LUNCH DEBTS
- A school district in Pennsylvania is coming under fire for sending a letter to parents saying their kids would be taken away from them and placed into foster care if their unpaid lunch debts were not paid, according to a published report.
JUDGE APPOINTS MASTER TO REVIEW $4M TCPA SETTLEMENT
- A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has appointed a former state Supreme Court justice as master in a case to determine whether a proposed $4 million settlement in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case is sufficient.
EQUIFAX NEARS $700M DEAL TO SETTLE BREACH INVESTIGATIONS: REPORT
- A deal could be announced as early as today that Equifax will pay as much as $700 million to settle investigations from the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and state Attorneys General stemming from a 2017 data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 150 million individuals.
COMPLIANCE DIGEST – JULY 22
- Click here to read this week’s Compliance Digest, sponsored by Applied Innovation. You’ll get insights from 10 different compliance experts — Scott Wortman, Joann Needleman, Dennis Barton, Judd Peak, Lindsay Demaree, Michael Klutho, Helen Mac Murray, Virginia Bell Flynn, Brent Yarborough, and Matt Kiefer — on important compliance topics, such as advocates seeking an extension on the comment period over the CFPB’s proposed debt collection rule, candid remarks from a judge in an FDCPA case, and where the FDCPA may not be a strict liability statute. You’re not going to get that kind of varied perspective anywhere else.
WORTH NOTING: How to stop using your phone as a pacifier for yourself or your kids … The widow of Roy Halladay had some moving words to honor her late husband’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame … Find out what your name would be if you were born today … How we can redesign cities to keep us cool … How to deal with rude people … The problem of having so many dollar stores … What’s next for “Stranger Things”? … The most valuable sports teams.
Tips for falling asleep that actually work
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.
GOV’T, TRADE GROUPS ON SAME SIDE IN BRIEFS FILED WITH SUPREME COURT IN FDCPA SOL CASE
- The industry’s three major trade groups and the government of the United States each filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court late last week in Rotkiske v. Klemm, a case that will be heard in October and seek to determine with the one-year statute of limitations to file a claim alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act begins — when the violation occurs or when the individual notices that the violation has occurred.
SCHOOL DISTRICT THREATENS FOSTER CARE OVER UNPAID SCHOOL LUNCH DEBTS
- A school district in Pennsylvania is coming under fire for sending a letter to parents saying their kids would be taken away from them and placed into foster care if their unpaid lunch debts were not paid, according to a published report.
JUDGE APPOINTS MASTER TO REVIEW $4M TCPA SETTLEMENT
- A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has appointed a former state Supreme Court justice as master in a case to determine whether a proposed $4 million settlement in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case is sufficient.
EQUIFAX NEARS $700M DEAL TO SETTLE BREACH INVESTIGATIONS: REPORT
- A deal could be announced as early as today that Equifax will pay as much as $700 million to settle investigations from the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and state Attorneys General stemming from a 2017 data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 150 million individuals.
COMPLIANCE DIGEST – JULY 22
- Click here to read this week’s Compliance Digest, sponsored by Applied Innovation. You’ll get insights from 10 different compliance experts — Scott Wortman, Joann Needleman, Dennis Barton, Judd Peak, Lindsay Demaree, Michael Klutho, Helen Mac Murray, Virginia Bell Flynn, Brent Yarborough, and Matt Kiefer — on important compliance topics, such as advocates seeking an extension on the comment period over the CFPB’s proposed debt collection rule, candid remarks from a judge in an FDCPA case, and where the FDCPA may not be a strict liability statute. You’re not going to get that kind of varied perspective anywhere else.
WORTH NOTING: How to stop using your phone as a pacifier for yourself or your kids … The widow of Roy Halladay had some moving words to honor her late husband’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame … Find out what your name would be if you were born today … How we can redesign cities to keep us cool … How to deal with rude people … The problem of having so many dollar stores … What’s next for “Stranger Things”? … The most valuable sports teams.
Tips for falling asleep that actually work
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.
