DEFENDANT FILES PETITION FOR EN BANC RE-HEARING IN HUNSTEIN CASE
- The defendant in the Hunstein case yesterday filed its petition with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to have the case re-heard before all of the court’s judges — known as an en banc hearing — arguing that the three-judge panel erred when it ruled last month that a statutory violation of Section 1692c(b) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is sufficient to confer standing.
EDWI JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA CASE OVER CREDIT REPORTING DISCLOSURE IN LETTER
- In a case that was defended by Khari Ferrell of Malone Frost Martin, a District Court judge in Wisconsin has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by informing the plaintiff that it would notify him before reporting the debt to a credit reporting agency.
JUDGE ISSUES CONTEMPT ORDER FOR AGENCY CEO FOR FAILING TO RESPOND TO FDCPA SUIT
- A District Court judge in New Jersey has cited the principal of a debt collection company for contempt of court for failing to respond to a proposed class action lawsuit and pay a default judgment of $7,671.50 after the company was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by not communicating to credit reporting agencies that the plaintiff had disputed the debt in question.
CROWN ASSET MANAGEMENT WELCOMES SEASONED MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL
- Crown Asset Management, LLC (CAM), a receivables management and specialty finance firm in Duluth, GA, is pleased to announce the addition of Annie Gonzales to its growing team of professionals.
TCN LAUNCHES VOICE ANALYTICS FOR IMPROVING AGENT PERFORMANCE AND INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF CONTACT CENTER OPERATIONS
- TCN, Inc., a global provider of a comprehensive cloud-based call center platform for enterprises, contact centers, BPOs, and collection agencies, today announced the launch of its Voice Analytics, a set of advanced tools for search and discovery combined with automated call transcription and reduction. The new set of tools, offered initially as a free 60-day trial, includes a highly flexible search engine for quickly and easily finding and retrieving calls through free-form combinations of keywords, phrases, acoustic measures and call metadata.
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