MSJ DENIED IN FDCPA CASE OVER FALSE NAME EXEMPTION
- A Magistrate judge in Florida has denied motions for summary judgment from both the plaintiff and the defendant in a case where the defendant — a hospital — is accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by using the name of its in-house collection operation when filing a lien against the plaintiff for an unpaid debt.
WHY COLLECTION AGENCIES MAY WANT TO STOP USING TOLL-FREE NUMBERS
- Companies in the credit and collection industry that are actively monitoring to make sure their outgoing calls are not being labeled as spam or fraud should be making sure to check out the smaller carriers, according to a report released yesterday which revealed that telecom carriers outside of the six largest companies account for 88% of all robocall activity.
JUDGE DENIES MSJ IN TCPA CASE OVER PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE ASKING RECIPIENT TO WAIT FOR REPRESENTATIVE
- In an interesting twist on what defines an automated telephone dialing system, a District Court judge in Florida has denied a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that an automated message at the beginning of a call asking the recipient to wait for a representative falls under the scope of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
FTC SETTLES WITH STUDENT LOAN DEBT RELIEF FIRM AND FINANCE COMPANY
- The Federal Trade Commission yesterday charged two different companies with engaging in scams related to offering student loan debt relief services, and also charged a finance company for its role in offering credit to help individuals pay the illegal up-front fees.
WORTH NOTING: Recapping last night’s Democratic debate … One new cast member on “Saturday Night Live” is not starting on the right foot … A full moon on Friday the 13th is probably not good for superstitious people … Fans of “Game of Thrones” will be happy with this news … Women and baby boomers are the best tippers … How Google Earth helped solve a 22-year-old cold case … For people with a lot of time on their hands and a love of movies … What happens when you let high schoolers take photos dressed up as their favorite characters.
A brief history of chess
Funny Friday
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.
MSJ DENIED IN FDCPA CASE OVER FALSE NAME EXEMPTION
- A Magistrate judge in Florida has denied motions for summary judgment from both the plaintiff and the defendant in a case where the defendant — a hospital — is accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by using the name of its in-house collection operation when filing a lien against the plaintiff for an unpaid debt.
WHY COLLECTION AGENCIES MAY WANT TO STOP USING TOLL-FREE NUMBERS
- Companies in the credit and collection industry that are actively monitoring to make sure their outgoing calls are not being labeled as spam or fraud should be making sure to check out the smaller carriers, according to a report released yesterday which revealed that telecom carriers outside of the six largest companies account for 88% of all robocall activity.
JUDGE DENIES MSJ IN TCPA CASE OVER PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE ASKING RECIPIENT TO WAIT FOR REPRESENTATIVE
- In an interesting twist on what defines an automated telephone dialing system, a District Court judge in Florida has denied a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that an automated message at the beginning of a call asking the recipient to wait for a representative falls under the scope of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
FTC SETTLES WITH STUDENT LOAN DEBT RELIEF FIRM AND FINANCE COMPANY
- The Federal Trade Commission yesterday charged two different companies with engaging in scams related to offering student loan debt relief services, and also charged a finance company for its role in offering credit to help individuals pay the illegal up-front fees.
WORTH NOTING: Recapping last night’s Democratic debate … One new cast member on “Saturday Night Live” is not starting on the right foot … A full moon on Friday the 13th is probably not good for superstitious people … Fans of “Game of Thrones” will be happy with this news … Women and baby boomers are the best tippers … How Google Earth helped solve a 22-year-old cold case … For people with a lot of time on their hands and a love of movies … What happens when you let high schoolers take photos dressed up as their favorite characters.
A brief history of chess
Funny Friday
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.
