GETTING TO KNOW BOBBIE BLUE OF RENKIM
- It’s always nice to see someone have the self-confidence to be able to point to someone else and say, “I wouldn’t be here if not for him/her.” Bobbie Blue is humble enough to give credit where it is due, and that is a large reason why he has become such a fixture in the accounts receivable management industry in relatively short period of time. Read on to learn more about Bobbie, and who he credits for getting him to leave the restaurant business for debt collections. This series is sponsored by Applied Innovation.
DEFUNCT AGENCY FINED $500K BY CONNECTICUT REGULATOR
- The Connecticut Department of Banking is not happy with a debt collector that filed for bankruptcy protection without making the proper notifications, among other alleged violations, and has issued a $500,000 fine, revoked its license, and ordered it to cease and desist from violating state law, although many of the penalties are likely to be moot because the collector has gone out of business.
FIFTH CIRCUIT RULES SINGLE, UNWANTED TEXT MESSAGE ENOUGH TO CONFER STANDING TO SUE
- Ignoring a precedent that had been set by another Appeals Court and overturning a ruling that was issued by a District Court judge, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday ruled that the receipt of a single text message is enough to confer standing for a plaintiff to sue under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, likening unwanted messages to a “public nuisance.”
SDFL JUDGE DISMISSES FDCPA CASE OVER USE OF WORD ‘ENFORCE’ IN LETTER
- A District Court judge in Florida has granted one defendant’s motion to dismiss and another defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case because the plaintiff lacked standing, ruling that the plaintiff should have known the collection letter in question was not misleading because he waited a year after receiving it to file his lawsuit.
VERIFACTS ANNOUNCES WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS CERTIFICATION
- VeriFacts, a leading employment verification service in the accounts receivable management industry, is pleased to announce its certification as a Woman-Owned Business.
WORTH NOTING: The world’s longest cheesesteak caused some traffic issues in Philadelphia this week … There’s a special place in you-know-where for people who steal from churches … That is a lot of cheddar, even for Guy Fieri … What business owners and economists think of increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour … Are rotting bananas hurting your productivity? … Deals in advance of Burger Day, which is tomorrow … When, and how, to use your intuition at work … What to do when your co-worker asks you for advice, and then ignores it … When to replace your laptop computer.
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