MORE ON HUNSTEIN; EN BANC LIKELIHOOD, WEBINAR RECORDING
- The defendant in a case ruled on last week by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals which determined that sending a consumer’s personal information to a letter vendor constituted a communication under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act has a 50-50 shot of getting the entire panel of judges from the Eleventh Circuit to re-hear the case, should it choose to seek an en banc hearing.
JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA CASE OVER TRANSACTION FEE
- A District Court judge in Ohio has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit alleging it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by informing the recipient of a collection letter than payments made using a debit or credit card would be subject to a 3% transaction fee.
CONGRESS SEEKS TO RESTORE POWER TO FTC TAKEN AWAY BY SUPREME COURT
- Democrats in Congress are moving fast to restore the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to seek monetary redress in court, following a unanimous Supreme Court ruling last week that determined Congress did not intend to give the regulator the power to seek injunctions.
SHORT COMMENT PERIOD ON RULE REQUIRING EVICTION DISCLOSURES OPENS
- The short comment period on an interim final rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau seeking to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to require collectors to provide tenants written notice of their rights prior to an eviction has started, and will remain open for the next 11 days. Interested parties can submit comments electronically by clicking here.
READ EXPERT PERSPECTIVES ON TRENDING COMPLIANCE TOPICS
- Click here to read this week’s Compliance Digest. You’ll get insights and opinions from six different compliance experts — Rick Perr, Lauren Burnette, Loraine Lyons, Patrick Newman, Sarah DeMoss, and Virginia Bell Flynn — discussing the impact of recent court cases and legislative updates. You’re not going to get that kind of varied perspective anywhere else. The Compliance Digest is sponsored by The Bedard Law Group.
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