Month: July 2019

The Supreme Court has set a date for when it will hear arguments in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ...

Healthcare

Healthcare Lawsuits Continue to Get Scrutinized

More pressure from consumer advocates, lawmakers, and other officials regarding the practice of filing lawsuits against individuals who do not ...

Compliance

President Signs IRS Overhaul Bill, Will Adjust Which Accounts are Placed With Private Collection Agencies

President Trump yesterday signed into a law a bill that aims to overhaul the Internal Revenue Service, including which of ...

General News

ACA Offers Free Livestream to Convention Sessions

For those of you who are unable to make it to San Diego later this month for ACA International's annual ...

Daily Digest

Daily Digest – July 1. FTC, NY AG Reach $676k Settlement With Shaevel; Class Certification Denied in FDCPA Case

The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing ...

Compliance

Class Certification Denied in FDCPA Case Involving Miller Safe Harbor Language

A District Court judge in Michigan has denied a motion to certify a class action against a defendant that was ...

Compliance

Appeals Court Overturns Lower Court Ruling That Exempted Student Loan Servicer From State Law Claims

The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has overturned a lower court's decision that the federal Higher Education Act ...

Healthcare

Spotlighted for Filing Too Many Lawsuits, Hospital Decides to Stop

A hospital that was placed in the spotlight last week for filing lawsuits against patients with unpaid medical bills has ...

Compliance

FTC, NY AG Reach $676k Settlement With Shaevel